The “Star-Spangled Banner” stirs pride. Ed Sheeran’s “The Shape of You” sparks joy. And “ooh là là!” best sums up the seductive power of George Michael’s “Careless Whispers.” UC Berkeley researchers ...

Music is remarkable in its ability to evoke profound emotions — chills and thrills — in listeners. And being emotionally moved by music is an inherently pleasurable experience. Most music listeners ...

While there are plenty of theories on how music and emotion might be related, there is still little empirical evidence to decide on how far music and specific associated emotions - such as happiness, ...

Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered what type of neural mechanisms are the basis for emotional responses to music. Altogether 102 research subjects listened to music that evokes ...

The superficial amygdala is involved in the processing of basic socio-affective information, including music. Music-evoked pleasure is associated with activity of the dopaminergic mesolimbic reward ...