Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
About 55 to 70% of people get chills from music: goosebumps, tingles, a rush of emotion. Researchers call it the aesthetic chill, or simply chills.
This is not just a figure of speech. Sound waves set off a real chemical storm in the brain, borrowing circuits built for survival and turning them toward beauty.
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- 2The same circuit as reward
- 3The surprise that raises a chill
- 4Why some people are more sensitive
- 5An evolutionary inheritance, redirected
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary9 terms explained in a tap.
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