Some people get more pleasure from music than others Dejan Dundjerski/Shutterstock
How much we enjoy music may partly come down to our genetic make-up, according to a study of thousands of identical and non-identical twins.
The pleasure people get from a tune has been linked to its effects on our emotional responses, alertness and ability to form social connections. The degree of enjoyment can differ a lot from person to person, but little is known about why this is so.
To investigate the role of genetics, Giacomo Bignardi at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands…
