Hi everyone, is Dr. Niagara again.

Our next episode of Psychology Unplugged.

Thanks, as always, to all of our followers and new listeners.

I appreciate the opportunity to continue to do this program, and I will give you contact

information at the end of the episode to reach out to me with suggestions and input and

comments, and I'm going to work on upgrading our microphone system as I'm gradually expanding my limited

knowledge in technology.

So hopefully that will make for clear episodes forthcoming as soon as I figure out the

directions and what to do with it.

So for those of you who follow the program, you would know that I'm a big Bruce Springsteen

fan.

And since I was young, I remember listening with my mom to early albums and really listening for lyrics and the concerts that we've been fortunate to go to, Julie and I, she always says, why are you now, like, dancing?

And she's like, you just stand there.

And I said, I do.

I stand there because I'm listening for content and for meaning. And I think I'd do that

with a lot of different artists, you know, besides some are just like catchy tunes. But when you

really understand the depth and meaning behind song titles and song lyrics, one of my

favorite classes in undergrad was the psychology of music

with Dr. Miller. And it was a great class, and it really touched on science and, you know,

activation in certain regions of the brain, but also some existential questions.

And I thought, you know, a lot of people will email me, can you talk about this,

this disorder, but this phenomenon or this theory.

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