Researchers at McGill University in Canada may have discovered why some people get so obsessed with music. They hooked up 217 subjects to monitors who claimed that they got “chills” listening to their favorite tunes. As they listened, their bodies showed a reaction like a rush of physical activity and their brains released dopamine, the same pleasure chemical that comes from eating good food, making money or taking psychoactive drugs.
- It turns out the people who had the drug-like reaction while listening to Lady Gaga actually had taken drugs.
- In my radio days, I always got a rush when I played “My Baby Does the Hanky Panky” It was a rush right to the bathroom to throw-up! (In truth, everytime it came up on the playlist, I skipped over it and played something else!)
- If President Obama ever releases an album, Chris Matthews will probably overdose.