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I’m a neuroscientist. Here’s why our brains need pop concerts | Bala Subramaniam

The Guardian Australia - Science · 14 August 2026 at 10:00 pm

I’m a neuroscientist. Here’s why our brains need pop concerts | Bala Subramaniam

Attending a Nick Jonas show with my kids was an invitation to ‘collective effervescence’.

We need these shared experiences now more than ever Three years ago, I agreed to accompany my children to a Nick Jonas concert.

The appeal of the Jonas Brothers, and in this case only one of them, was unfamiliar territory.

The concert happened to land on a particularly inconvenient day.

As I sprinted out of the hospital, my mind was filled with the “what if’s” and “should haves” about our work that day.

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I’m a neuroscientist. Here’s why our brains need pop concerts | Bala Subramaniam

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