The music we listen to in our teens—particularly around the ages of 16–17—carries the most emotional resonance. This is the conclusion of a team of international researchers, led from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, who surveyed nearly 2,000 people from across 84 countries about music that held profound personal meaning. The team have descrvied the phenomenon they identified as the “reminiscence bump.” According to paper author and neuroscientist Iballa Burunat, the teenage brain is