Nowadays music is becoming an evincive part of our daily lifestyle. As people have adopted the habit of listening to music scrupulously and in my perspective, technology has played a significant role in drawing the people towards music. For instance, its common to see people listening to their favorite tracks on their smartphones, music players in public place, metro, or office space. Hereby we can conclude the fact that the tech and innovation are playing a role of a mediator between folks and music.
But do you know that “listening music” is a healthy habit and indeed benefits your brain in various ways, Here I am going to add a scientific angle to the article so that you’ll get my point correctly.
In today’s time, the term ‘music’ is considered as a natural antidepressant because it helps people to get rid of various psychological problems such as depression and anxiety.
How Music Strikes the Brain
You see, Music is known to galvanize the different parts of the human brain, that’s the main reason why it is used by many specialists in treating depressed or anxious patients. The elements of music like pitch, rhythm, dynamics, meter and timbre are managed in that section of the brain which mainly deal with emotions and mood. These key blocks of the brain are the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and the parietal lobe.
The hippocampus, a fabrication of the limbic system, is accountable for endemic orientation, and cumulation of new memories. It also brings emotional repercussions. While, the prefrontal cortex is responsible for managing extreme impulses and gestures. It also plays an arbitrator for one to make good and plausible calls so that improper or disrespectful behaviors are intercepted.
As far as the parietal lobe is concerned, it integrates sensory information along various modalities and also considered as in charge of spatial sense, information processing, and realization.
That’s the only reason music has been utilized in some therapies as it has a trait of indulging into various parts of the brain. For example, it is widely recommended to a stammerer so he can pronounce words clearly. At the same time, it has been stroke patients to teach them how to talk once again.
So here are ways on how music benefits your mood.
1. Music motivates you
Yes, you get this right, music can actually motivate you. Listening to songs that carry positive messages, such as “Harder, Better, Faster” by Draft Punk and “Not Afraid” by Eminem are loaded with inspirational meaning that can evidently uplift your mood.
I know many of you must be thinking that this particular point is a fictional and nothing else. But friends, it actually works as the messages that embedded in such tracks and the enthusiasm that rises with singing these tunes – can prepare yourself to stand up and try again. Give it a try and you’ll see a clear-cut change in your approach towards objectives of your life.
2. Music can make you happy
I know it might sound obvious to you folks as music is considered as a tried and tested way to make oneself feel happy. But do you guys have ever realized that apparently there is a scientific logic behind connection of listening music and feeling happy? That’s because calmative tunes nourish the discharge of serotonin, a hormone that induces happiness. It also ensouls the body with dopamine, a neurotransmitter that makes you feel benign. In addition to this, music also clears the route for the release of norepinephrine, a hormone that stimulates zeal and enthusiasm.
Thus, the music circulates the hormones throughout the body with happy thoughts, and that’s how it works as an anti-depressant to treat anxiety and other psychological problems.
3. Music can reduce your tension
As we all know that in today’s competitive environment, everyone has to face the work-related tensions in regular interval. An ideal way to tackle the profession related stresses is by listening to soothing music. Sedative tunes can help relax your stressed muscles, as well as neutralize your breathing rate. These psychological changes can eliminate the tension to an extent so that you can feel energetic and excited.
4. Music improves sleep quality
Here is a useful fact for all the night owls and insomniacs people out there, music is proven to be an effective tool to induce a better quality sleep. Some of the most generic factors to interfere with sleep are stress, anxiety and uneven heart rate. Since music has the potency to affect all three in a positive way, research has found that listening to music at various times stimulates better sleep patterns for people and even propels deep sleep. In some cases, music is used as an empathic instrument to treat insomnia.
5. Music can modify your brain waves for better
As far as my personal perspective is concerned, music has an ability to change the mindset of people for betterment. In simple words, it can alter your forthcoming mood as well and believe me even if you switch off the music player, the track that you just listened to can drastically change your brain waves in a positive direction.
As the list is coming to its end, you might be thinking about “What’s an ideal music to listen to?” Well then, you don’t have to worry about this so much as all variants of music can improve your mood.
