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Music & Health
The Surprising Emotional Benefits of Music 🎵
To firm up your body, head to the gym. To exercise your brain, listen to music
Music listening is one of the most enigmatic of human behaviors. A wealth of new studies exposes the benefits of music on mental and physical health. Music eases the heart when living dulls — pigmented gray — when the crests collapse when hopes and dreams wash ashore! Music offers redemption from everyday monotony. That liberating factor helps cushion the woes of life and journey to a realm of peace and happiness.
Emotions
Music conveys feelings; music lightens the mood; music helps us better understand our thoughts and emotions, indicating an essential role in achieving self-awareness. The subjective experience of music has at least thirteen overarching feelings: amusement, joy, eroticism, beauty, relaxation, sadness, dreaminess, triumph, anxiety, scariness, annoyance, defiance, and sense pumped up.
I bob my head and dance in my seat most of the time. Now. Yes. As I am writing this. Often, I have no specific memories tied to the song in question. If you ask me why the music affects me, I might point to a particular guitar or vocal inflection, but mostly anything bass. Bass simulates heartbeat. It brings…
