Why do we enjoy listening to music ?

My son posed a great question.
Why do we enjoy listening to music? Why does music do to us chemically, psychologically, physiologically etc.

Anyone know of any interesting articles , web sites etc.

Thanks!

weiserb07-23-2008 11:12pm

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ncarv Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 974 posts 07-24-2008 at 12:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, by Daniel J. Levitin http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/09/05/levitin/
mr_man Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 70 posts 07-24-2008 at 02:42am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I second that, Excellent book!
dweller Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,152 posts 07-24-2008 at 07:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete From an ad on an audio magazine not too long ago: "Music is what life wants to be".
myrtle Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 30 posts 07-24-2008 at 08:13am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It evokes or releases intense emotions that our structured and mannered lives don't always allow us to feel. Just why our brain decodes certain sounds as elation, despair, melancholy is something I don't know, and maybe that book explains it.
larryrx7 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 137 posts 07-24-2008 at 05:38pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It's hard to answer to answer with hard evidence, but I read I think music invokes the pleasure centers of the brain and causes the release of endorphins. This can be accomplished by many other exteranl stimuli but the bigger question is why repetative listening to the same music elicits the same response over and over again. Any ideas?

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