So ladies, THIS is why you get goosebumps during certain songs

If you associate certain songs with chills and you get goosebumps when you're moved during an X Factor audition, you'll know exactly what people mean by the term 'skin orgasm'.

The rippling feeling which passes across your skin during a particularly powerful piece of music is known in French as frisson. and according to a report in The Independent, approximately two-thirds of the population experience it.

So, what causes us to prickle at certain tracks? According to scientists, an unexpected harmony, a sudden change in volume or the introduction of a soloist causes frisson because these things happen to interrupt our experience, but in a GOOD way.

And why does this often result in actual goosebumps? Well, that's a little less clear, but scientists are toying with the theory that it goes all the way back to our ancestors.

Back in the day, they kept themselves warm through something known as an endothermic layer of heat that they retained beneath the hairs of their skin, and while we no longer need this because, you know, clothes, we only experience it when exposed to emotional stimuli.

And if your friends slag you for getting goosers at every single good X Factor audition, you can tell them it's because you're more open to experience.

According to The Independent's report, research has proven that those who experience frisson most often have "active imaginations, appreciate beauty and nature, seek out new experiences, often reflect deeply on their feelings, and love variety in life."

Hell yeah, we do!