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Why can we experience goose-bumps while listening to music? Why can we be moved to tears by music? Why can we get enraged by an awful piece? Why is a crying baby pacified by the song of the mother?
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Roederer, J.G. (1987). Why Do We Love Music? A Search for the Survival Value of Music. In: Spintge, R., Droh, R. (eds) Musik in der Medizin / Music in Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71697-3_2
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