A Frisson of Excitement
455 videos • 1,014 views • by by Ernests Ābiķis "Frisson is the French word meaning "shiver", but in this case, we're not shivering because we're cold, we're shivering because we're stimulated by music. When we hear a certain piece of music or view a particular work of art, there may be an intense psychological and physiological reaction. "You have this sudden rush of dopamine," explains psychologist Dr Rebecca Johnson-Osei. "It's a similar pathway that gets activated with sex and other things that are rewarding to our brains." (BBC)