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.