From Science to Humanity’s Well-Being: 9 Extraordinary Examples of the Power of Music
1️⃣ Well-Being and Music: Using Music to Reduce Pain and Feelings of “Unpleasantness”
#Research has shown that music has the power to reduce physical pain and provide comfort. And an October 2023 paper published in Frontiers in Pain Research added to that body of research, finding that listening to your favorite songs is particularly effective.
https://nicenews.com/science/power-music-science-well-being-humanity/
2️⃣ Neurology and Music: Scientists Re-Create Pink Floyd Song by Analyzing Listeners’ Brain Waves
Researchers played 90% of the song for epilepsy patients undergoing surgery for seizures, and trained a computer model on their neural activity collected via brain electrodes, per Science. The team then programmed the algorithm to come up with the remaining 10% based on the patterns it had learned. The resulting audio is an eerie, echoey simulacrum.
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3️⃣ Mental Health and Music: Study Shows Music May Benefit Mental Health as Much as Exercise
Music lovers will tell you that bopping along to your favorite song is a surefire way to feel better, but a scientific review published in JAMA concluded that music’s benefit to mental health is actually comparable to that of exercise. In other words, singing your heart out in the shower could be as good for your mind as a jog around the block.
4️⃣Technology and Music: Machine Turns Heartbeats of Children With Heart Defects Into Rhythms
CHD-4 - The Drum Machine with Congenital Heart Disease
5️⃣ Astrology and Music: Astrophysicists Bring a Sound to Saturn’s Moons and Rings
The team “converted Saturn’s moons and rings into two pieces of music,” said astrophysicist Matt Russo in a press release. They made the music based on the patterns of “orbital resonances” and “rhythmic gravitational tugs” that were then converted into musical harmony. Data was collected via the Cassini spacecraft, a mission that orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017.
7️⃣Attention and Music: Using Music to Stay Focused
Have trouble staying focused? Consider turning on some tunes. A Stanford study showed that “music moves [the] brain to pay attention” by engaging certain areas and, ultimately, increasing cognitive activity.
Here's Some Focus Music
Focus Music Zone — Unlock Your Work Potential
https://www.youtube.com/live/zYFel2Ch4YI?si=jTKYV-2NSSpP8Uw0
8️⃣ Artificial Intelligence and Music: AI Completing the Beatles’ Final Song
Forty-five years after John Lennon first started working on the song, AI put the finishing touches on what we know today as “Now and Then.”
9️⃣ Music and Togetherness: Singing With Others Is Good for Us
“Singing is one of the mega-mechanisms we use for bonding,” Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford, told The Guardian. “Singing in the shower gives you a bit of an uplift, but when doing it communally, there’s something about the synchrony of singing that creates this massive endorphin uplift.”
Again, here is the article. I did my doctoral research on the Effectiveness of Music Therapy on Agitation in Dementia. Hope you enjoyed the article contents as much as I did.
https://nicenews.com/science/power-music-science-well-being-humanity/
This is good stuff. I have been using different tones for different things in my life, for years.
Thanks for this.
@nursefrombirth I did enjoy the article contents. Thanks for sharing!
6️⃣Cognitive Function and Music: The Role of Music on People With Cognitive Impairments
Many studies have explored music as a bridge to memory, identity, and expression for people with dementia. For example, music was shown to elicit pleasurable responses (like smiling and dancing) even in later stages of the disease when verbal communication wasn’t accessible. It was also shown to spark connection between patients & caregivers and facilitate episodic memory recall.
#Music #Dementia #Alzheimers