Study Suggests We Don’t Just Hear Music, but ‘Become It’
A 2025 study from McGill University shows our brain rhythms actually sync with sound to create emotion, movement and meaning–– shedding new light on the neuroscience of music and what makes music powerful. Our brain and body don’t just understand music, they physically resonate with it––and it shapes our sense of timing, musical pleasure and the instinct to move with the beat. The discoveries, the researchers argue, support Neural Resonance Theory (NRT) and have “big implications” for music as therapy and for technology.
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