This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Music changes how we feel. Not just emotionally, but biologically. You don’t have to be at a concert to notice it.

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Pigeons that had been injected with a drug to deplete their special liver cells did not find their way home until the sun came out. Christian Ziegler / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Pigeons ...