A new study from researchers at Montreal’s McGill University suggests that “moving” music—songs that elicit physical reactions like chills, goosebumps, and shivers—could have a painkilling effect as strong as over-the-counter medicines.
Speaking about the study to The Guardian, first author Darius Valevicius said, “We can approximate that favorite music reduced pain by about one point on a 10-point scale, which is at least as strong as painkillers like Advil under the same conditions.”
The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Pain Research, gauged the pain levels of…
