{"id":2831,"date":"2014-07-19T10:59:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T07:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2020-11-02T17:35:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T17:35:33","slug":"8-surprising-ways-music-affects-and-benefits-our-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/8-surprising-ways-music-affects-and-benefits-our-brains\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Surprising Ways Music Affects and Benefits our Brains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music is everywhere we turn, playing a big part in all of our lives \u2013 but how does it really affect our brains and our bodies?<\/h2>\n

\u201cWithout music, life would be a mistake\u201d \u2013 Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n

1. Happy or sad music affects our ability to see neutral faces:<\/h3>\n

Generally, when we hear a sad song, we can identify that it sounds sad and the same goes for happy compositions\u00a0\u2013 but this isn\u2019t because it makes us feel particularly happy or sad, it\u2019s because our brain responds in a certain way to sad music, and a different way to happy music.<\/p>\n

One study explained<\/a> how after hearing a shot piece of music, participants were more likely to interpret a neutral expression as either happy or sad, depending on the tone of music they heard.<\/p>\n

There are actually two types of emotions related to music:<\/strong> perceived emotions and felt emotions \u2013 both of which are very different entities. Sometimes, it is possible to understand the emotions of a piece of music without feeling them ourselves, which explains why some people enjoy listening to sad music<\/a> where others may find it depressing.<\/p>\n

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2. Ambient noise improves creativity:<\/h3>\n

A moderate noise level<\/a> is a perfect volume for getting the creative juices flowing. Low noise levels can make us feel more creative<\/strong>, but moderate noise levels improve that creativity a great deal more by causing a slight difficulty in our processing, which spurs on our creative processing.<\/p>\n

However, stay away from high noise levels as it can impair our creative thinking as our brains are too overwhelmed with the information it has to process. This is similar to how temperature and lighting can affect our productivity and the effect it can have on our brains.<\/p>\n

3. Our music choices can predict our personality:<\/h3>\n

In a study<\/a> which looked at couples who spent time getting to know each other, examining each other\u2019s top ten favourite songs allowed them to accurately predict the personality traits of the other person, using five main personality traits:<\/p>\n

Openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability.<\/p>\n

Some traits were more accurately predicted than others, for example, openness to experience, extraversion, and emotional stability was the easiest to guess correctly based on music tastes, whereas conscientiousness was harder to predict.<\/p>\n

A genre can also give an indicator as to somebody\u2019s personality, according to a study carried out by Heriot-Watt University<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Whilst these results from the study generalize personality traits, there are some links that have been proven from other studies into extroversion\/introversion and favourite genre of music:<\/p>\n

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To break it down, here is the connection they have found:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Blues fans<\/strong> are said to have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease.<\/li>\n
  2. Jazz fans<\/strong> have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing and at ease<\/li>\n
  3. Classical music fans<\/strong> have high self-esteem, are creative but introverted, but also at ease<\/li>\n
  4. Rap fans<\/strong> have high self-esteem and are outgoing<\/li>\n
  5. Fans of opera<\/strong> have high self-esteem and are creative but gentle<\/li>\n
  6. Country and western fans<\/strong> are hardworking and outgoing<\/li>\n
  7. Reggae fans<\/strong> have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease, but aren\u2019t hardworking.<\/li>\n
  8. Fans of dance music<\/strong> are creative and outgoing but not gentle<\/li>\n
  9. Indie fans<\/strong> tend to have low self-esteem, are creative, but aren\u2019t hard-working and are not gentle<\/li>\n
  10. Bollywood fans<\/strong> are creative and outgoing<\/li>\n
  11. Rock\/Heavy metal fans<\/strong> tend to have low self-esteem, are creative, gentle and at ease, but are not hard-working and aren\u2019t outgoing.<\/li>\n
  12. Soul fans<\/strong> have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease<\/li>\n
  13. Chart pop fans<\/strong> have high self-esteem, are hardworking, outgoing and gentle, but are not creative and not at ease.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    4. Music can distract us whilst driving:<\/h3>\n

    How many people listen to music whilst they are driving? Almost everybody, right? Well, it can actually impact your driving and distract you from the road, studies have found<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    This study was carried out on teenagers and young adults and consisted of drivers taking part in a series of tests listening to their own choice of music, silence and \u201csafe\u201d<\/strong> choices provided by researchers whilst driving.<\/p>\n

    Drivers made more mistakes and drove more aggressively when listening to their own choice of music, and the music provided by the researchers proved to be more beneficial than no music at all<\/span>.<\/p>\n

    5. Our motor and reasoning skills can be improved by music training:<\/h3>\n

    \"Music-Motor-and-Reasoning-Skills\"Learning a musical instrument can be beneficial in more ways than you may realise. One study<\/a> on children showed that after three years or more of musical training performed better in auditory discrimination abilities and fine motor skills than those who didn\u2019t learn to play an instrument at all.<\/p>\n

    They were also found to test better on vocabulary and nonverbal reasoning skills<\/strong>, which is based strongly on understanding and analyzing visual information.<\/p>\n

    6. Classical music improves visual attention<\/h3>\n

    Stroke patients can also benefit from musical training and exposure, showing improved visual attention<\/a> whilst listening to classical music in one particular study<\/span>. To compare different musical styles, the study also used white noise and silence and found that, similarly to the driving study mentioned earlier, silence resulted in the worst scores.<\/p>\n

    Although this study was very small and needs to be explored further for validation, it is fascinating how music and noise can affect our senses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    7. Music helps us exercise:<\/h3>\n

    Perhaps the most common fact that most of us put into practice on a daily basis \u2013 music can help you exercise better<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    In 1911 a study found that cyclists pedaled faster whilst listening to music than they did whilst working out in silence.\u00a0An explanation for this is that listening to music drowns out our brain\u2019s signals of fatigue by grabbing our attention and blocking out the signals that our bodies send when we\u2019re getting tired.<\/p>\n

    When we listen to music, we can push through the pain to exercise longer and larder but it can also help us to use our energy more efficiently.<\/strong> A study carried out in 2012<\/a> showed that cyclists who listened to music whilst working out required 7% less oxygen than those who cycled in silence.<\/p>\n

    However, the tempos must be matched to the type of work-out that you\u2019re performing, or it can have a negative effect<\/span>.<\/p>\n

    8. One-sided phone calls are more distracting than normal conversations:<\/h3>\n

    Similar to how music can affect our brain, phone calls where we can only hear one side of the conversation can negatively affect us in a significant way.<\/p>\n

    82% of people found overhearing part of a phone conversation annoying and during a study where participants had to complete puzzles whilst half of them were listening to phone conversations and half were listening to the full, two-sided conversation \u2013 it was found that those who heard the one-sided conversation found it more distracting than their counterparts.<\/p>\n

    They had also remembered more of the conversation than the others, showing their attention was focused on the one-sided discussion rather than the task at hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Some recent research has shown that there\u2019s a ceiling effect on music at around 145 bpm, where anything higher doesn\u2019t seem to add much motivation, so keep that in mind when choosing your workout playlist.<\/p>\n

    Here is how this breaks down into different genres:<\/h3>\n

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    Now if we team up these different \u201ctempos\u201d<\/strong> with the actual work-out we\u2019re doing, we can be in much better sync and find the right beat for our exercise. If you match up the above with the graphic below it should be super easy to get into a good groove:<\/p>\n

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    What have you noticed about how different\u00a0songs\u00a0affect you? Do you feel as though your musical tastes<\/a> reflect your personality? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScienceNaturePage\/videos\/1284891671643088\/<\/p>\n

    Image credits:<\/strong> Suites Culturelles<\/a>, Nature Reviews Neuroscience<\/a>, Ali eminov<\/a>,PaceDJ<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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