For those who haven't heard the term (which isn't in the article or paper), it's also known as Frisson:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisson" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisson</a>
It links to this article: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jun/17/breakthrough-in-understanding-the-chills-and-thrills-of-musical-rapture" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jun/17/breakthrough...</a><p>Which has this explanation from a neuroscientist referring to the study in question:<p>> “The two pieces of evidence together indicate that this interaction, between auditory and emotion systems, is the basis for musical pleasure, and that people who get more of a direct “thrill” from music have a stronger connection,” he said.
I'm looking at a dataset now of people listening to 12 music tracks with 1000hz sampling rate 128 channel EEG. We are trying to predict which tracks the 25 people are listening to, based on the EEG.<p>It's a good ML problem. We have accuracy up to 85% when predicting person&track together, falling to 30% when just predicting track.<p>Since we also had people rate enjoyment and familiarity, the main theoretical question is whether there is an direct neural resonance with the music during highly enjoyed tracks. I.e., that more of the brain is coupled to the music when you feel it deeply.
The subtitle on this article is ridiculous:<p>> The brains of people who get chills when the right song comes on are wired differently than others<p>The entirety of your personality and conscious thought are controlled by how your brain is "wired". The structure of your brain and the way your neurons etc interact together is literally "you". This is one of the biggest "duh" pop-sci articles I've seen.