Is music a drug? How music listening may trigger neurochemical responses in the brain
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- Mark Reybrouck (UGent) and Edith Van Dyck (UGent)
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- In this article, we explore the idea that music listening can achieve neurological and psychological effects that are somewhat similar to those facilitated by psychoactive substances. To motivate this claim, we delve into the mechanisms behind music perception, psychoactive substance use, and their mutual relationship, relying on recent developments in psychedelic therapy and neuropsychopharmacology. Using a comparative approach, we discuss some underlying mechanisms of peak experiences and their neurochemical properties and suggest that music may be regarded as an alternative psychoactive trigger, prompting neurochemical responses in the brain, with resulting feelings of coping, (aesthetic) pleasure, and reward.
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- reward, pleasure, coping, peak experiences, neurochemistry, psychoactive drugs
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HPVXEWSERJBR96CSNCX2XS2J
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- Reybrouck, Mark, and Edith Van Dyck. “Is Music a Drug? How Music Listening May Trigger Neurochemical Responses in the Brain.” MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, vol. 28, no. 4, 2024, pp. 649–74, doi:10.1177/10298649241236770.
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- Reybrouck, M., & Van Dyck, E. (2024). Is music a drug? How music listening may trigger neurochemical responses in the brain. MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, 28(4), 649–674. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649241236770
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- Reybrouck, Mark, and Edith Van Dyck. 2024. “Is Music a Drug? How Music Listening May Trigger Neurochemical Responses in the Brain.” MUSICAE SCIENTIAE 28 (4): 649–74. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649241236770.
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- Reybrouck, Mark, and Edith Van Dyck. 2024. “Is Music a Drug? How Music Listening May Trigger Neurochemical Responses in the Brain.” MUSICAE SCIENTIAE 28 (4): 649–674. doi:10.1177/10298649241236770.
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- 1.Reybrouck M, Van Dyck E. Is music a drug? How music listening may trigger neurochemical responses in the brain. MUSICAE SCIENTIAE. 2024;28(4):649–74.
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- [1]M. Reybrouck and E. Van Dyck, “Is music a drug? How music listening may trigger neurochemical responses in the brain,” MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 649–674, 2024.
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and psychological effects that are somewhat similar to those facilitated by psychoactive
substances. To motivate this claim, we delve into the mechanisms behind music perception,
psychoactive substance use, and their mutual relationship, relying on recent developments in
psychedelic therapy and neuropsychopharmacology. Using a comparative approach, we
discuss some underlying mechanisms of peak experiences and their neurochemical properties
and suggest that music may be regarded as an alternative psychoactive trigger, prompting
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