From: Brain Pickings
How harmony, melody, and rhythm trigger the same reward systems that drive our desires for food and procreation. The profound connection between music and the brain has long fascinated scientists and philosophers alike, and has even shaped the course of our evolution. The wonderful duo Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown, better known as AsapSCIENCE, breaks down music's ability to create a state of arousal by inducing the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which also regulates the neurochemistry of love, and offsetting a reward circuit similar to the one drugs exploit – something I can certainly attest to as a hopeless music addict.
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