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.