Music can have many benefits. Turn up the music and get to work. Music is good for you.
Music is known for its healing powers and broken up. Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Getting Back Together” is the soundtrack. Are you ready to power through the long run? Listen to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”
Music has many benefits, including the ability to soothe the soul, encourage runners, and launch the most epic dance parties.
Music can improve memory function, speed of healing, and improve workouts.
Now… this crazy science fact:
Music improves memory
Memory loss patients often have difficulty remembering songs or specific lyrics. Music and lyrics recall are often used by doctors to aid in retrieving lost memories. Some music triggers unique memories. Music from a particular period can trigger memories. Do you want to recall something from the past? Listen to the songs you listened to during that time.
The topic of music and how it affects memory has been a hot debate in science. However, scientists now know that language processing, specifically the ability to memorize information, depends on the same brain systems. Research also suggests that music as a teenager has an emotional bond to the brain that is greater than any music we listen to as adults. The idea of musical nostalgia can be fun for everyone, but it is especially effective for those suffering from memory loss, such as dementia or Alzheimer’s.
This is a story from a man with Alzheimer’s about music’s transformative power on his father.
Music and musical training are also proven beneficial for the brain’s health and protection.
Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center conducted an experiment in which they divided 70 healthy people aged 60-83 into three groups according to their musical experience.
Participants who were similar in fitness and education and free from Alzheimer’s disease were subject to cognitive tests.
These mental acuity tests showed that those with the most musical experience scored best. They were followed by those with less music study and those who had never taken lessons in music.
The cognitive tests revealed that musicians scored higher than non-musicians on cognitive tests. These included visual and spatial memory, naming objects, and brain adaptability to new information.
What’s the most incredible part? Even though participants no longer played an instrument, the benefits of musical training and study were evident.
Bottom line: Your mom can now say that all those hours spent practicing trombone for high school band were worth it.
Music improves workouts
StairMaster got you down? Do you feel slow on the treadmill?
Get your earbuds out and start jammin’!
Music can distract from the “bodily awareness,” aka the aches, pains, and strains of exercise. It also has a positive effect on your health.
Music releases endorphins into the brain. Endorphins can give you a feeling of excitement and a higher level of alertness. Endorphins make you feel euphoric, reduce anxiety and pain, and stabilize your immune system. We experience fewer adverse side effects of stress when we have high endorphins.
You can increase your exercise effort by turning up your music. Researchers found that cyclists tended to ride farther if they listened to faster music than if they were listening to slower music. Their pedaling speed and overall effect decreased when the tempo was slower. Their heart rate fell, and their mileage dropped. They said they didn’t enjoy the music. The men did more mileage in the same period if the song tempo increased by 10 percent. They also produced more power per pedal stroke and had higher pedal cadences.
Music can regulate the rhythm of pace-based exercise like running or weight lifting. It also signals the brain when it should move. This signal allows us to use energy more efficiently so that we don’t exhaust ourselves too quickly.
Are you feeling the groove? The groove can be described scientifically as a musical quality that induces movement in a listener. You can’t help but move! Get groovin’ the next time you go to the gym!
The bottom line: Create a playlist for your gym or workouts. Here are some suggestions. This list contains the 100 most popular FITNESS workout songs.
Music can help you heal
Austria’s General Hospital of Salzburg conducted a study that found patients who had undergone back surgery experienced a higher rate of healing and less pain after the music was added to their rehabilitation.
Music can connect with the brain’s automatic nervous system (brain function and blood pressure, heartbeat, and heartbeat) and the limbic (feelings & emotions).
Slow music causes bodily reactions to follow suit. The heartbeat slows down, blood pressure drops and the heartbeat slows down. The breath slows down, which can help release tension in the neck and stomach, as well as the abdomen, stomach, and back. Regularly listening to slow or calming music can help your body relax. This will lead to less pain and quicker recovery.
Finnish researchers conducted a similar study, but this time with stroke patients. The researchers found that stroke patients who listened to music for at least two hours per day had better verbal memory and focus and a higher mood than those who didn’t listen to any audio or listened to audiobooks.
According to Teppo Sarkamo (author of the study), these findings led to a clinical recommendation to stroke patients. Daily music listening during stroke recovery is a valuable addition to patients’ care. It provides an “individually targeted and easy-to-conduct means to facilitate cognitive or emotional recovery.”
Music therapy is becoming more common in brain-related diseases and injuries. Brain scans have shown that music and motor control are linked, which means music can help improve movement in people with Parkinson’s and those recovering from strokes. This group believes neurologic music therapy should be included in rehabilitative treatment. According to them, future research may show that music therapy should be added to the rehabilitation and cures for many disorders.