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How Music Gives Some People Chills: The Science Behind Frisson
Why some songs give you goosebumps: frisson is a brain-body response driven by prediction, surprise, emotion, and reward.
Read the storyWhat Is Pareidolia? Why Your Brain Keeps Seeing Faces in Random Things
Pareidolia is the brain’s habit of seeing meaningful patterns, especially faces, in random or vague details.
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