Braanch Mini-Mix 2012
BRAANCH on May 15, 2012 00:58- Branch - Let's All Get Cracked (Clip time) Artwork
Branch - Let's All Get Cracked (Clip time)
BRAANCH on March 25, 2012 03:53 - Skrillex - Right In (Branch Remix) FREE Artwork
Skrillex - Right In (Branch Remix) FREE
BRAANCH on March 08, 2012 04:14 - Datsik & Excision - Deviance (Branch Remix) Artwork
Datsik & Excision - Deviance (Branch Remix)
BRAANCH on December 01, 2011 02:04
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Hi, I'm Braanch :) I feel that,
At the point in a piece of music when people experience peak pleasure, part of the brain called the ventral striatum releases dopamine. But here's something even more interesting: Dopamine is released from a different brain area (the dorsal striatum) about 10 to 15 seconds before the moment of peak pleasure.
Why would we have this reaction before the most pleasurable part of the piece of music? The brain likes to investigate its environment and figure out what's coming next.
"As you're anticipating a moment of pleasure, you're making predictions about what you're hearing and what you're about to hear,". "Part of the pleasure we derive from it is being able to make predictions."
So if you're getting such a strong dopamine rush from music -- it could even be comparable to methamphetamines, why not make drug addicts listen to music? It's not quite that simple.
Neuroscientists believe there's basically one pleasure mechanism, and music is one route into it. Drugs are another. But different stimuli have different properties. And it's no easier to tell someone to replace drugs with music than to suggest eating instead of having sex -- these are all pleasurable activities with important differences.
