Do some people just not get music?

Some people just don’t “get” music, a new study suggests. (Image credit: Ross Toro, LiveScience Contributor) Who doesn’t appreciate a good tune? Apparently, some people don’t “get” music, researchers have found.

Do you respond to everything except music?

“Just as with musical anhedonia, where people respond to everything except music, there are some people who don’t respond to anything except music,” says Zatorre. “Maybe they can learn to activate the reward system through music,” he says.

Why do we love music?

Everybody loves music, right?” Previous research shows that the vast majority of people who enjoy music show an increase in heart rate or skin conductance—where a person’s skin temporarily becomes a conductor of electricity in response to something they find stimulating.

How do our musical tastes shape our identities?

Gasser says, as we grow, our musical tastes really help us to forge our individual identities — especially distinct from our parents. “Music becomes that stake in the ground — ‘this is who I am,’” says Gasser. “But at the same time, the music people listened to at an early age becomes their native home comfort music.

Why can’t I Hear Music?

Scientists have long known about amusia, a specific impairment in music perception that can be either innate or acquired — for instance, as a result of brain damage. This impairment can prevent people from processing music in the way most people do.

Why do we sweat more when we listen to music?

When a person is experiencing strong emotions, they tend to sweat more, which increases their skin conductance. It turns out that some of the participants were emotionally oblivious to the music they were listening to, but they reacted to the monetary-incentive-delay task.