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Specific Musical Anhedonia

Lack of joy from music linked to brain disconnection

Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five per cent of the population. Researchers have discovered that people with this condition showed reduced functional connectivity between cortical regions responsible for processing sound and subcortical regions related to reward. Ref. Source 2n.

Anhedonia Musical Specific

I'm glad there is a medical explanation for this I've never understood someone that just doesn't like any kind of music. Music gives wings to our souls.