Reaction Paper About Music

Music is a significant part human existence. No matter one’s own personal feelings or attachment towards music, it is hard to argue that music has not played a major role in lives of humans around the world. Even if one is apathetic in regards to music, the world around them is still heavily influenced by it. There seems to be a different genre for every different taste in music and still new genres are being developed all of the time. For myself, the best part about music is that it is creative, expressive, and relatable.

I grew up the youngest of four and all of my siblings are about five years apart, with heavy emphasis on the word ‘apart’. I love my siblings, but because of the age difference, we were all at different stages of our lives. We grew up

Those with musical anhedonia do not receive any pleasure from listening to music and this displeasure is scientifically reflected by the lack of brain activity when listening to music. For most people, when music is listened to, activity can be seen in the auditory and reward regions of the brain. However, for someone with musical anhedonia, no activity can be detected in these regions when they listen to music. About three to five percent of the world’s population have musical anhedonia according to an article entitled, “Inside The Heads of People Who Don’t Like Music” written by Divya Abhat. After researchers released their findings on musical anhedonia, the article states that it has helped many musical anhedonics to get their friends and families “off of their backs” when it comes to not liking music. Although there is a scientific explanation for those who do not derive pleasure from music, I can not help but to feel like musical anhedonics are missing out on the happiness that is the enjoyment of