Human beings have savored listening to music for centuries, but the mechanisms behind that pleasurable experience still elude comprehension.
Musical Pleasures
Roger Mathew Grant | Aeon | September 4, 2018 | 3,268 words
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Human beings have savored listening to music for centuries, but the mechanisms behind that pleasurable experience still elude comprehension.
