Mine
We all miss you! I have no doubt you're at Augusta this weekend!
Showing posts with label happy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happy. Show all posts
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Happy Father's Day all you Dads Out There!
My Dad and I - Father's Day 2010
That was my last Father's Day with my Dad.. It's a pretty important picture to me.
Via
We miss you, Dad - Happy Father's Day!!
Friday, April 13, 2012
Happy Birthday Dad!
Mine
Today would've been 75, but since it's only the 2nd since you've been gone, this will go on for a few years. We miss you, but we also know you're celebrating in style.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Why Music Makes You Happy
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People love music for much the same reason they're drawn to sex, drugs, gambling and delicious food, according to new research. When you listen to tunes that move you, the study found, your brain releases dopamine, a chemical involved in both motivation and addiction.
Even just anticipating the sounds of a composition like Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" or Phish's "You Enjoy Myself" can get the feel-good chemical flowing, found the study, which was the first to make a concrete link between dopamine release and musical pleasure.
The findings offer a biological explanation for why music has been such a major part of major emotional events in cultures around the world since the beginning of human history. Through music, the study also offers new insights into how the human pleasure system works.Image Source
"You're following these tunes and anticipating what's going to come next and whether it's going to confirm or surprise you, and all of these little cognitive nuances are what's giving you this amazing pleasure," said Valorie Salimpoor, a neuroscientist at McGill University in Montreal. "The reinforcement or reward happens almost entirely because of dopamine."
"This basically explains why music has been around for so long," she added. "The intense pleasure we get from it is actually biologically reinforcing in the brain, and now here's proof for it."
In a previous study, Salimpoor and colleagues linked music-induced pleasure with a surge in intense emotional arousal, including changes in heart rate, pulse, breathing rate and other measurements. Along with these physical changes, people often report feelings of shivers or chills. When that happens during a listening experience, Salimpoor's group and others have found evidence that blood flows to regions in the brain involved in dopamine release.
To solidify the dopamine link, the researchers recruited eight music-lovers, who brought to the lab samples of music that gave them chills of pleasure. Most picks were classical, with some jazz, rock and popular music mixed in, including Led Zeppelin and Dave Matthews Band. The most popular selection was Barb[e]r's Adagio for Strings.
After 15 minutes of listening, scientists injected participants with a radioactive substance that binds to dopamine receptors. With a machine called a PET scanner, the scientists were then able to see if that substance simply circulated through listeners' blood, which would indicate that they had already released a lot of dopamine, and that the dopamine was tying up all available receptors.
Continue to the rest of the article..
Via
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Happy Birthday To Me..
Via
I'll be back to regular posting later today after I get some sleep.. you know, as I enter my 2nd 40 years on the planet.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Happy Birthday Dad!
We know 74 & beyond would've been really tough for you, but we still wish you were here with us. We're gonna send some balloons up your way later today, and will be thinking about you! Life is just not the same without you. I miss you terribly, but I am confident you're celebrating this particular April 13th in a special way! I love you!
Monday, February 28, 2011
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