Shay <sha### [at] nonenone> wrote:
> I'm no expert, but this doesn't "ring true." I feel like I have 
> completely different reactions "inside the brain" to different types of 
> music and that non-music things sometimes produce identical reactions to 
> some types of music. So, everyone's reacting to "music" in such a 
> universal way seems impossible. I suppose much depends on the "music" 
> used in the study. I could buy that most people react the same way to 
> Wagner ... but to Ween??

  I suppose culture and experience affects how the brain reacts to music,
even at the subconscious/instinctive level.

  The brain of an adult person who has never heard any music whatsoever
in his life would probably react in all possible ways differently than
the brain of a person who has composed and played music from age 4 to
adulthood.

  Of course these are extreme cases, but it shows that some differences
must exist depending on the culture and experiences of the person.

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                                                          - Warp

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