How music heightens your emotions

How music heightens your emotions

Author: ABC August 25, 2021 Duration: 9:26
Ever wondered why some pieces of music make you feel just so amazing you can't quite describe the feeling? Your teacher is Professor Emery Schubert, leader of the Empirical Musicology Lab at the University of New South Wales.

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