Here Are Some Benefits You Get From Listening To Music
LISTENING TO MUSIC – Other than its entertainment value, music has so much more to offer than mood-altering tunes and melodies.
Different people have different tastes in music, some people prefer one genre over the others. The genre of music doesn’t really matter as long as you like what you’re listening to and you take pleasure in it.
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Several researches and studies have been conducted to observe the effects of music to people. And there has also been several positive conclusions.
Even people with the greatest minds in history have expressed their appreciation towards music.
Charles Darwin apparently said: “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”
Here are the amazing benefits you could get from listening to music:
MUSIC MAKES US HAPPIER
A neuroscientist from McGill University – Valorie Salimpoor found the effects of music to ‘feel good’ hormones production. Study reveals that listening to your preferred music increases the dopamine levels released by your brain.
MUSIC IS AN EFFECTIVE STRESS-RELIEVER
While it adds to the rate of dopamine releases in the brain. Listening to music simultaneously decreases the stress hormone levels. Cortisol is the ‘bad hormone’ that is released when a person is stressed. In conclusion, music alleviates the effects of constant stress to the body.
MUSIC HELPS YOU GET BETTER SLEEP
A lot of people suffer from insomnia. If you find it difficult to sleep at night, then music would be perfect for you. One study revealed that student participants who listened to relaxing music for about 45 minutes before turning in had better sleep than those who did not.
MUSIC HELPS GET RID OF DEPRESSION
With the rise in the number of people suffering depression across the globe, it is important to find ways to deal with it. Hans Joachim Trappe’s study in Germany revealed that music can help people who experience depressive symptoms, depending on the type of music.
These are based on an article from Lifehack.
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