Marcel Łysiak

       The answer to why most people listen to music is quite simple - to experience a particular emotion or bring back a specific memory. But some people can't experience the things that we are looking for when listening to music. These people have musical anhedonia. Some may think of it as an illness, but it isn't one. It's a neurological state which doesn't allow you to experience any emotions from listening to music. It's usually caused by differences in ones brain's reward system. It's really fascinating how it works, and it's a perfect example of the complexity of human's brain and its uniqueness. People with this specific anhedonia responded similarly to others while receiving different rewards such as money, but when it comes to music they show a reduced or even non existent emotional arousal compared with other people. It may seem weird or scary to most people, but the truth is that it's not that common. Approximately only 3% of our popu...

      Did you ever wonder why most popular musicians usually die young, or at least younger than most of us? There are several factors for which musicians experience shorter life spans than the rest of us. There have been various studies done on this particular subject, and it turns out that more than quarter of musicians' deaths were strongly related to alcohol or drug abuse. In the music industry, a lot of upcoming stars don't know how to deal with their lives, resulting in trying new addictive substances.  According to The New Orleans Musicians Clinic, vast majority of all of the city's musicians struggle in their occupation resulting in life at or below the poverty level and most of them don't even have health insurance. Of course, not all musicians are likely to live shorter. It depends on various factors, such as even the music genre in which they're working. To sum up, musicians on average have shorter life spans for numerous reasons, but it mainly depend...

    Have you ever listened to your favourite song in order to calm yourself down or cheer you up? If so, you treated yourself with music therapy. Music therapy can be described as a use of music to accomplish a certain benefit that has an impact on body or mental state. It can be done by singing, playing instruments, composing as well as listening to music and much more. It is truly fascinating how much it can accomplish, for example music  therapy can help with mood and anxiety disorders, it can be used to treat people with autism, ADHD and furthermore - serious cases of trauma (e.g. Post-war trauma). Surely, there are some people that will not benefit from it, but it is an evidence-proven and well-known in the health community therapy, that is frequently used in all parts of our world. To summarize, listening to music can offer much more than just a feeling that arise from it. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/8817-music-therapy

Have you ever gotten goosebumps or pleasant chills while listening to music? If so, you are in 55% to 90% of our population. Experiencing these effects while listening to any kind of music may be a lot more complex than you would imagine. There were a lot of different studies done on this particular subject, which results were quite similar - people that experience goosebumps or any other physical feeling while listening to music usually have better developed prefrontal cortex, which helps understand the song's meaning. Not only people who experience these reactions are better at interpreting the music piece, but studies on these subjects also proved that these people are more emotional and more open to new experience. Concluding, if you had ever experienced goosebumps or other physical sensations while listening to music, it can tell you a lot about you and your emotions. https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/music-gives-goosebumps/ https://www.verywellmind.com/why-you-get-chills-l...