I Get Chills: Music Frisson

Why some music gives us goosebumps

Jillian Enright
The Shortform
Published in
Nov 2, 2022

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Frisson means a sudden strong feeling of excitement.

Music frisson refers to aesthetic chills and a psychophysiological response to music, inducing a pleasurable sensation (i.e. skin tingling), and sometimes causing goosebumps or pupil dilation.

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Jillian Enright
The Shortform

She/they. Neurodivergent, 20+ yrs SW & Psych. experience. I write about mental health, neurodiversity, education, and parenting. Founder of Neurodiversity MB.