Your Brain and Music. 10 Things That Music Does to the Brain

13th May 2020

Music has been found to impact brain function and human behavior in various capacities. This includes reducing stress, pain and symptoms of depression as well as improving cognitive and motor skills, spatial-temporal learning and neurogenesis, which is the brain’s ability to produce neurons.

WHAT MUSIC IS THE BEST?

Turns out, whether it’s rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, hip-hop or classical, your gray matter prefers the same music you do. So it depends on your personal background! For a while, researchers believed that classical music increased brain activity and made its listeners smarter, a phenomenon called the Mozart effect. Not necessarily true. In recent studies, they’ve found that people with dementia respond better to the music they grew up listening to. Playing someone’s favorite music makes different parts of the brain light up. This means memories associated with music are emotional memories, which never fade out — even in patients in diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Music Helps You

CHANGE YOUR ABILITY TO PErCEIVE TIME
TAP INTO PRIMAL FEAR
REDUCE SEIZURES
MAKE YOU A BETTER COMMUNICATOR
MAKE YOU STRONGER
BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
ASSIST IN REPAIRING BRAIN DAMAGE
MAKE YOU SMARTER
EVOKE MEMORIES
HELP PARKINSON’S PATIENTS

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A Guide To The History of Music Through The Ages

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