A recent study by Finnish scientists shows that listening to music doesn’t just activate the auditory areas of your brain, it also activates the motor areas, showing the strong link between movement and music, and activates the limbic system (our emotional center.)
We know that music makes us want to dance, and we know that music can make us smile or cry, and now we have substantiated scientific demonstration of this on a physical neurological basis. I think this is very cool.
Read the Article on Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205081731.htm#.Tt_-kYbtl7I.email
Abstract of the Study:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811911013000
