Chill Inducing Music, What Causes It?

Have you ever listened to a song you enjoy and suddenly felt a shiver of chills or goosebumps across your body?  This type of response from any stimulus besides a cold temperature (commonly music, art or poetry) is called frisson (pronounced free-sawn).  While not everyone experiences this phenomenon, there are scientific and physiological explanations as to how this happen, and who it happens to.

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