A 2017 study, done by Der Sarkissian, a research assistant at USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute, found that people who get the chills from music actually have structural differences in the brain. They have a higher volume of fibers that connect their auditory cortex to the areas associated with emotional processing, which means the two areas communicate better.⁠ ⁠ “The idea being that more fibers and increased efficiency between two regions mean that you have more efficient processing between them,” he said.⁠ ⁠ People who get the chills have an enhanced ability to experience intense emotions, Sachs said. Right now, that’s just applied to music because the study focused on the auditory cortex. But it could be studied in different ways down the line, Sachs pointed out.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #goosebumps #cortex #brain #biology #science #humanbody