Monday, 22 February 2016

Music and the Brain

People usually think that music is just a sequence of order sounds and silences. Nevertheless, it provokes emotional reactions in human beings, from depression to ecstasy. Moreover, music is good for us in a mental way. It makes us enjoy pleasant times, remember facts about the past and feel different emotions in songs. But do you know how music affects our brain?

To begin with, we must know that music is interpreted in our body by the brain. This organ separates music into its different elements (rhythm, tone and lyrics) and each of these elements is interpreted by different parts of the brain.



Once you have interpreted it, it begins to have effects on you. Music doesn't only have instantaneous effects, it also has long-term effects. It has been demonstrated for example, that the brain of a musician develops a different structure than the brain of a person who usually doesn't hear music.

There are a lot of studies which talk about music and what it produces in our brain. These studies show really interesting facts. One of those facts is that the people who have listened to music since their childhood have better language skills, are more creative and happy.

Listening to music helps lower anxiety levels, decreases pain and makes people more optimistic. The experts say that the field of music therapy helps a lot to elder people. This field formally debuted in 1950.

Recently, researches have focused on how music can benefit those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Anecdotal tests demonstrate that music can make people re-live memories and reduce anxiety, pain, cardiac frequency and arterial pressure. It can help accelerate the process of treatment, stimulate learning, improve neurological disorders and increase social interaction.

However, the researches about music and its effects are in their infancy. This has just begun. Experts will continue their investigations. But we can all agree that music is good for us in many ways, so, while the experts investigate, why don´t we hear some music?

9 comments:

  1. Fantastic! Very interesting article, I enjoyed it a lot.

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  2. Very interesting article, it makes me think a lot! Music is fantastic in all the aspects!

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    1. I agreee with you! I like music a lot and I think that here it is really shown how does it affect to us! Good article

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  3. I think music is very important in our lives. It has been scientifically proved that it is good for estimulate our brain so let's hear some music!

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  4. It is incredible how do the music can react in our brains and also how can influence us in some way since we are very little children. Wow!

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  5. Surprising! I'll try to hear music more often!

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  6. I knew about music and that it was good for pregnant women, however I didn't know that it has all the benefits mentioned in this article for everyone. Easy way to make our health better!

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  7. Music has always been said to calm the beasts! Now, I undestand why it is said that!!
    It is amazing how listening, just listening can change our health and our bain!
    Congratulations fot the article!!

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  8. Thank you for this article http://skywritingservice.com/blog/how-music-can-influence-on-brain-and-make-you-smarter, it is really nice. I heard that music has positive influence, but I did not know, that it has such a big influence. Thank you very much for the article. It was nice from your side to publish it.

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