After asking his Facebook friends, journalist Rick Paulas has concluded that there is a certain pleasure to be found in the familiar. According to a recent study lead by psychology specialists, the love of repetition is due to the “mere-exposure effect.” How do we explain the phenomena? First, our brain knows exactly the way a well-known song goes and, moreover, it derives a certain pleasure from this sense of control. There is also a meditative effect that is also more pleasurable for the listener. To learn more, click here! ici!
Article : http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/bc-theyre-good
Author : Rick Paulas
Source : Pacific Standard
Date : 6/01/16
The study : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4490210/
