What we always suspected but did not know: Biological Link Between Music and Bonding Identified.
“One of the paper’s most important and unexpected findings was showing that one’s perception of connectedness to another person is directly related to the activity in specific regions of the brain,”Predictable, harmonious chords promote a state of physiological relaxation. When your brain isn’t busy trying to resolve “scrambled” or jarring noises, it has more “bandwidth” to focus on the social cues of the person in front of you. The music essentially acts as a social lubricant at a cellular level.
Biological Link Between Music and Bonding Identified - Neuroscience News
Harmonious chord progressions strengthen neural activity in social brain regions during face-to-face interaction, promoting biological bonding.
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