Listening to music is as good as sex!?

Listening to new music can boost the brain and give it a chemical 'reward' similar to sex, researchers have found.

Using MRI scans, Canadian scientists found that areas in the reward centre of the brain - the same part activated when we have sex or eat our favourite foods - became active when people heard a song for the first time.

The more the listener enjoyed what they were hearing, the stronger the connections were.

Using MRI scans, Canadian scientists found that areas in the reward centre of the brain became active when people heard a song for the first time