[Dixielandjazz] Happiness begins here - This is your brain on Music.

[Stephen G Barbone]

"The first thing they discovered (using ligand-based PET) is that  
music triggers the release of dopamine in both the dorsal and ventral  
striatum. This isn’t particularly surprising: these regions have long  
been associated with the response to pleasurable stimuli. It doesn’t  
matter if we’re having sex or snorting cocaine or listening to Kanye:  
These things fill us with bliss because they tickle these cells.  
Happiness begins here."

If you found the above paragraph interesting,go to the below link for  
the rest of the story of why music affects us.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/the-neuroscience-of-music/

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband