A Concordia University study, published in PLOS One, investigated the relationship between the urge to move to music ("groove") and musical pleasure. Researchers studied individuals with musical anhedonia, who lack musical enjoyment, finding that these individuals still strongly felt the urge to move to rhythmic music. This suggests that the urge to move is a distinct physiological response, potentially driven by the brain's dorsal striatum, separate from the pleasure response associated with the ventral striatum. The study challenges previous assumptions about the inseparable nature of groove and pleasure, implying that movement itself can generate pleasure. Future research will use brain imaging to further explore these distinct brain circuits.

https://neurosciencenews.com/music-anhedonia-movement-28412/

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