Eli5: how does music make us feel emotions?
In: Biology
Our brains are wired that way. We probably created music and other art in the first place because it made us feel things. Humans existed for a very long time before this happened, so something probably happened in our brains at that time, which spread to all humans.
Think about biting into lime for a second. Most will have increased saliva because the brain connects lime with acid and wants to dilute it. Listening to specific music reminds us of parts of our past in which we were emotional. Therefore we associate that specific music with an emotional state.
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