Breakthrough in understanding the chills and thrills of musical rapture (2016)
theguardian.com
theguardian.com
Which has this explanation from a neuroscientist referring to the study in question:
> “The two pieces of evidence together indicate that this interaction, between auditory and emotion systems, is the basis for musical pleasure, and that people who get more of a direct “thrill” from music have a stronger connection,” he said.
It's a good ML problem. We have accuracy up to 85% when predicting person&track together, falling to 30% when just predicting track.
Since we also had people rate enjoyment and familiarity, the main theoretical question is whether there is an direct neural resonance with the music during highly enjoyed tracks. I.e., that more of the brain is coupled to the music when you feel it deeply.
> The brains of people who get chills when the right song comes on are wired differently than others
The entirety of your personality and conscious thought are controlled by how your brain is "wired". The structure of your brain and the way your neurons etc interact together is literally "you". This is one of the biggest "duh" pop-sci articles I've seen.