Who doesn’t appreciate a good tune? Apparently, some people don’t “get” music, researchers have found.
Although these people may be capable of experiencing pleasure in other ways — such as through food, money or sex — they don’t enjoy music, according to a study published online today (March 6) in the journal Current Biology.
Scientists have long known about amusia, a specific impairment in music perception that can be either innate or acquired — for instance, as a result of brain damage. This impairment can prevent people from processing music in the way most people do. But the participants in the new study did not have amusia, and yet they were still indifferent to music, the researchers found.
