What are the benefits of listening to music?

What are the benefits of listening to music?
What happens to us when we listen to music? 

Most of us would agree that we love music, even if each individual’s ideas of what good music is, differs greatly. Have you ever wondered though, why do we love music so much and does it have any positive benefits for us physically or mentally?

“I got chills”

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