
From the Vault: Musical Frisson
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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What Are the Triggers of Frison?
roota: Why would human beings get goose bumps from aesthetic reactions to art and music? roota: It's a biological response that it's, at least at first glance, hard to identify a cause and effect relationship for. roota: So one of the things that have been identified as major triggers of frison are when a song has established a pattern and then the pattern suddenly changes in some way ac sense. roba: Now, i guess it's time to move on to the question of, why does this happen? This is really the big puzzle, right? You've got something that's just a song. It is vibrating air molecules that are stimulating your ears. And
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