The Positive Effects of Music, According to Science

By Marc Shapiro

The Positive Effects of Music, According to Science.

Music makes everyone feel good. But it’s not just fun to listen to – science can explain why music affects certain people emotionally, and how listening to and learning how to play music has real health benefits. Among the phenomena scientists can explain: the way people’s brains are wired can increase their emotional response to music; happy music, at a certain volume, can increase creativity; learning music at a young age increases connections in the brain; and music can help heal the body. Read more below on the positive effects of music as shared by Stages Music Arts. 

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Studies on those learning to play a musical instrument has shown that many areas of the brain are involved in the process. A prolonged period of time spent learning, particularly in children, can literally change the structure of the brain. It increases pathways and connection between both hemispheres of the brain as well as many of the regions within each hemisphere. This can make musical students better problem solvers.

If you prefer to just listen instead of play that’s alright too. Studies show that listening to music can literally lights up every part of our brain. It can also release a cocktail of neurochemicals that give us quite the hit; listening to just the right tunes can really lift our mood. Listening to music has been shown to reduced stress, anxiety and depression. A study carried out in Belfast a number of years ago, and including more than 250 children, showed that music therapy had the power to reduce depression in young children.