Humans have always prized music —
or well beyond prized, loved it.
In the modern age we spend great sums of money to attend concerts,
download music files, play instruments and listen to our favorite
artists whether we’re in a subway or salon. But even in Paleolithic
times, people invested significant time and effort to create music, as
the discovery of flutes carved from animal bones would suggest.
So why does this thingless “thing” — at its core, a mere sequence of
sounds — hold such potentially enormous intrinsic value?
The quick and easy explanation is that music brings a unique pleasure to
humans. Of course, that still leaves the question of why. But for that,
neuroscience is starting to provide some answers. MORE HERE
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