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Good Music Kind of Gets You High

Sophie Bushwick
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Popular Science
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Alternet.org
14 February 2017

Yeah, good music kind of gets you high

Your favorite tunes activate the same brain systems that opioid drugs do Pexels Turn on, tune in At the end of a stressful day, you pop on a pair of headphones, hit “play” on your favorite song—and your mood instantly improves. This emotional response occurs, a new study suggests, because music activates a chemical reward system…

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