In a review published in the NewScientist recent research suggests why “live music may be more stirring than listening to a recording of the same tune because it triggers greater activity in the part of the brain linked to processing emotions.”
Perhaps this information can be used to close the gap between live and reproduced music’s ability to simulate the brain activity associated with live music?
I’ll leave that for others to ponder but this is fascinating to me nonetheless. The original publication is linked here
