Waking up in the morning is the start of any day, the feeling of being groggy and still half asleep even though you slept early. You look at yourself in the mirror worried, about how you look, your clothes or how your day will go,the normal anxieties of a human person. From personal experience, music has been a very big part in how I start my day, which then will affect the rest of my day. This is also to be scientifically proven how music can cause different emotions to rise up or calm down such as anxiety, happiness and sadness. I am a senior so waking up in the morning to get ready for school is the start of my day, which is terrible. That together with the fact I stayed up snapchatting and texting my friends, while getting my new assignment done for College writing. After getting out of my bed the first thing I do is not getting dressed or fixing my bed. Rather than that, I grab my phone, put in my earphones, turn on Spotify, and put on my playlist. I walked over in my bathroom and look at myself in the mirror. The anxiety of starting off the day is leaving and I can see it. My sunken soulless eyes began to gain life as I wake up to …show more content…
In one study, patients were asked to choose from two options, music or anti anxiety pills to calm them down before going into surgery. Which then ”Scientists tracked patient's ratings of their own anxiety, as well as the levels of the stress hormone cortisol.” The results of these tests concluded that patients who choose music over the anti-anxiety pills had less anxiety and a lower cortisol levels ,which is the hormone that releases stress into the body, over people who took anti-anxiety pills. This proves how music is a way to relieve stress from a person even better neurologically. The scientific reason for why this happens and possible is due to the Amplifier
Occasionally music is used as medicine. One scholar shows that music can lower blood pressure, speed up stroke recovery, help you fall asleep, and help relieve pain (Surprising Effects of Music). Many schools provide a challenging curriculum for their students. Music classes would give students a chance to relax. Research demonstrates that liste...
Music has been suggested to affect the body’s physiological patterns in many ways. A study done in 2003 (Yamamoto et. al) exemplified the wavering levels of neurotransmitters as the type of music was changed. When the participants listen to slow-rhythm music their plasma levels of norepinephrine decreased, and when they listened to fast-rhythm music their plasma levels of epinephrine increased. Norepinephrine is a hormone generally known for mechanisms of the sympathetic nervous system, originating the fight or flight response. When it is lowered, the body’s stress level is suppressed, caused by a decrease in blood pressure. Epinephrine is a similar hormone, commonly referred to as adrenaline, which has been known to produce sudden responses to combat stress. An increase in plasma levels would increase the heart rate and dilate air passages to promote the expansion of oxygen to the body’s vital organs. By simply choosing a different pace of music, the way our physiology works can be completely altered.
Music cannot directly cure diseases such as cancer, but it can remarkably relieve the aches and pains that affect the patient 's. In discussions of music, one controversial issue has been whether or not music can actually affect our mood, feelings and actions. On one hand, researchers argue that the music you listen to will affect your output on life. On the other hand, some researchers believe music does not affect mood or action. However, others that are in between believe music can only affect your mood to a certain point, before causing you to act out. My own view on the subject is that music will affect your output with your mood and actions, due to the fact that music paints a picture in your mind. Music has such an important impact in
Music has been said to affect a persons brain in many ways. It is said to change someone's mood in an instant. It has also been known to influence someone's lifestyle and attitude just by listening to one song. Music is universal and there is a style for everyone no matter how different people maybe. It is an outlet for creativity and motivation. Music moves people in so many ways and can help people through anything. Almost everyone enjoys music and it is a force that brings people together. A song can reach out to anyone in any situation and the person connects with the notes and lyrics. If someone is sad they can listen to a sad song and know that someone else understands them and that they will turn out alright just like the singer. Sometimes if a person is happy they can listen to a song that expresses just how they feel and they become even happier when listening to this song. A simple melody can do so much and i began to wonder why. The human brain is a very complex and fascinating topic especially with music involved. After a bit of research i began to notice that I had no idea how music works with the brain on a physical level. So i looked into how music is able to be heard by the human ear and how the brain can process this information. It is a simple task that many take for granted however, it is amazing that the brain can change sound waves into different sounds that humans hear. Eventually the topic that fascinated my mind was how music really affects the brain physically and emotionally.
It is true that music has a compact link to our emotions. Music assists people to overcome the bad situations in their life, just like it did for Sonny, the barmaid, or some other people in the Harlem. Music has a tremendous effect on people’s minds because it makes them feel relaxed and comfortable, especially with the soft classical music. It helps distressed people stay smooth and peaceful. In fact, music is a remarkable way to ease stress.
The experience of the APEC Youth Science festival was incredible. It has had an enormous impact on me in many ways, changing the way I look at the world and connecting me with people and events far beyond my formerly limited experience. I am extremely glad to have had this opportunity. It was a wonderful experience on multiple levels. It challenged me and expanded me intellectually and socially. I feel that this experience has had an immense impact on me.
In the article, This Is Your Brain On Music, by Elizabeth Landau, she states that scientists have discovered a link between music and the function of our brain. The article hits on three specific notes. One of these are the health benefits of listening to music. Landau asks “Listening to music feels good, but can that translate into a physiological benefit?” Daniel Levitin, a psychologist at McGill University in Montreal, did a meta-analysis of 400 studies, and came across one that may have answered that question. In this specific study, researchers tested on people who were about to have a surgery. At random, the subjects were put into two groups: those who would listen to music, and those
It is common knowledge that listening to music can be a very enjoyable experience, but what is not as well known is that listening to or playing music can actually boost endorphin levels (Turner 1). Modern science has made great strides in the field of Sound Therapy in recent history, and although Music has even been used to aid in the recovery of Surgery patients, there is a more effective method of Sound Therapy that has been largely overlooked (Murray 1). Known as Binaural Beats, this so called “digital drug” presents debatably positive new methods for rehabilitation and therapy; with the ability to alter brainwaves and synchronize neural frequency patterns, the substantial power of these Binaural Beats has evoked controversy as allegedly deleterious effects of these sound waves are examined (Kommando 2). Despite certain movements that have cast aspersions on the Binaural beat technology, they are still a viable, scientifically proven phenomenon; additionally, because the only materials necessary for binaural beat entrainment are a pair of headphones and source material such as a CD or computer program, binaural beat technology is very cost efficient. Summarily, Binaural Beats should be implemented as a means of cost efficient Sound Therapy in hospitals as a supplement to existing treatments in order to augment expediency, and any at possibly deleterious consequences are fear-mongering and fallacious.
No matter what you listen to, music has a way to “play with our emotions”. For example, if you listen to Tchaikovsky (classical) you may feel calm, and if you listen to Eminem (rap) you may feel hyper. If the music you listen to makes you feel good, it is good for you, Daniel Levitin, a Neuroscientist who focuses mainly on music, explains in an interview.
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In other hand, sound or music could cure one’s stress. Different people deal with different music; some people like rock metal, pop, soul music, jazz and so on. Music could let people’s mind feel calm as well relax. Listening to music can have a very relaxing effect on people’s minds and bodies, especially slow or quiet classical music. This type of music can have a beneficial effect on dealing stress. Relaxing is a way most important to settle down the emotion; when emotion calm and relax, stress will be gone away. As music can absorb our attention, it acts as a distraction at the same time it helps to explore emotions. This means it can be a great aid to meditation, helping to prevent the mind wandering. Greenberg Jerrold give example of how music make one clam, “When people are still baby in their mother’s womb, the heart beat always affect them through which it has bring calm and protective to them.” (2004, p.199). Hence, a sound, a rhythm, a beat has naturally direct send message to one’s mind that bring him calm, relax, safe just like a baby under protection of a mother.
The first theoretical statement of the middle-range MMM theory is that music produces the psychological response of altered mood leading to improved health outcomes (Murrock & Higgins, 2009). Based on the musical elements of rhythm, melody, pitch, harmony, and interval there are psychological responses that are elicited once music passes through the auditory cortex of the brain to process it (Murrock & Higgins, 2009). The right hemisphere of the brain helps with response and cognitive recognition of music and in turn is able to alter the mood, leading to various health outcomes (Murrock & Higgins, 2009). In a stu...
In ancient, it is very pervasive belief that music can actually produce emotion to the listeners. Music’s beneficial effects on mental health have been known for thousands of years. Ancient philosophers from Plato to Confucius and the kings of Israel sang the praises of music and used it to help soothe emotional stress. Many people say that they listen to music because it can make them feel comfortable, relax, happy and so on. In line with this emotion regulate through music is often considered as one of the most important function of music. The impact of music to our emotion is that creates awareness of our current emotional state, in contrary, music can evoke our feeling through its structural properties. Emotions are processed
Think back on a time when you experienced something stressful. How did you cope with it? Recall a time when you needed to relax. What did you use to help you? Chances are your answers involve music. The desire to play music while working, studying, or even relaxing is universal. Whether playing the music, singing along, or just listening, music can have many positive effects that aren’t often recognized. Music is unique in its ability to stimulate more than just one brain hemisphere, incorporating both the right and left sides of the brain. Because both sides of the brain are being affected, there are both creative and analytical benefits to making music part of daily routines. It’s no secret that listening to or playing music is enjoyable, but studies have proven that music can boost more than just your mood.
Most of us would agree that college is one of the most exciting, yet most challenging times of our lives. It is typically our first time living away from home for an extended period of time. When I went away to college, I was eager to embrace the next chapter of my life because it was something life-changing that I had yet to experience. However, entering college was also scary for me because nobody handed me a “how to survive college” guidebook. I feel that everyone should be given a book full of tips and tricks that outline the ups and downs that lie ahead throughout our college experience, so that we can maximize our time in school and reach our full potential. That this why this anthology is important for all of us. This anthology summarizes some of the most important tips to survive college, that I have learned thus far as a current freshman about to finish my fall semester. No matter who you are or where you come from, these few, simple tips to be explained will help ease the transition from high school and living at home to college and living on your own. This topic is meaningful because I know how it feels to go off to college excited for the journey ahead, nervous to leave family and friends, and not knowing what to expect. This guidebook should help future freshman to succeed and make the most of their