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Story summary
- Musical anhedonia means people recognize music but do not experience emotional responses.
- Weiss (musical anhedonia subject) shows reduced connectivity in auditory and reward circuits relative to controls.
- Zatorre (cognitive neuroscientist) found that about 2–3% of healthy people exhibit musical anhedonia.
- Physiological responses to music were flat in Weiss, while music lovers activated their reward circuits.
- The findings show musical experiences require interaction between the brain's reward system and auditory circuits.
