Brain on music kills pain of workouts

• Autores: Penny Sarchet
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3033, 2015, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Sex and drugs and rock and roll. Release of the brain's natural painkillers make the first two experiences feel good. Now it seems that these opioids are also responsible for music's myriad effects on mood, pain and well-being, giving clues to how people can harness its benefits. Like other pleasurable experiences, there are two components to enjoying music: anticipation of hearing their favorite song, and then actually hearing it. The brain signaling chemical dopamine, which is linked to reward, is involved in both phases. The brain's natural opioids could be key. An experiment carried out by Daniel Levitin's team at McGill University in Montreal Canada, showed that blocking opioid signals in the brain by giving people a drug called naltrexone reduces the amount of pleasure they report getting from their favorite song.