Music is the language of the soul, humans have been creating inspiring songs and pieces for thousands of years, our history and culture are inseparable from musical notes, there is no doubt that music has a profound impact on the human brain, we have felt music relaxing, giving us goosebumps and encouraging us to reach our maximum potential, but what is the psychological significance behind this? Let's talk about some of the connections between psychology and music.
The Mozart effect
The Mozart effect is one of the most popular concepts in the field of music psychology and it was developed by Gordon. Dr. Shaw developed decades ago on the premise that classical music makes you smarter, Gordon. Dr. Shaw showed in his research that listening to classical music can improve your IQ by 9%, and the main basis for this idea is spatial reasoning. Spatial reasoning is a brain activity that is used in mathematics, chess, engineering, and science, and according to the Mozart effect, classical music can enhance our spatial reasoning ability, and perhaps play Mozart's music while learning...
Repair brain damage
Brain injury is one of the hot topics in the field of psychology, some people with brain injury will feel pain and discomfort, their lives have been greatly affected, but what if music can help them, new research shows that music can really repair brain damage, some people speculate that music therapy can promote nerve regeneration and produce new brain cells. Hearing music in your sleep is very rare, recall a dream you have had, can you recall the dream of hearing music? If you're like most people, maybe you don't hear music or even a simple ringtone in your dreams, a 2018 study showed that only 50% of the dreams we can remember have music in, and if you're a musician or have heard a lot of music every day, it's not surprising that music appears in your dreams, but even for these people, the odds are very small.
Activates the entire brain
When you listen to music, the whole brain is activated, there is not much activity that can activate the whole brain, listening to music is one of them, when listening to music, every area of the brain, is active, responsible for emotions, creativity and even the active area starts to work when you listen to music, so if you want the whole brain to move, just play your favorite music
Improve language skills
The relationship between music and language is one of the most fascinating topics in the field of music psychology, simply put, language and music are inseparable, a 2012 study showed that music and language are not different functional areas of the brain, and it is customary that music functions are located in the right brain, language functions are located in the left brain, but now the left and right brains are responsible for music and language functions, that is, music can enhance language function, and vice versa.
Embody personality traits
Your musical taste is largely a reflection of your personality, have you ever wondered why you would like a certain kind of music? Or why your favorite music doesn't necessarily sound so beautiful to others, it's because each of us has a unique personality, many studies have shown that you like a certain kind of music because you have a certain unique personality, for example, a 2014 study found that extroverts generally prefer music and like pop music, of course, this is just one example, there is a lot of research on this topic, think about your favorite music, what kind of personality traits it shows you?
Help children with autism
Music therapy can help children with autism, remember the music mentioned above can activate the entire brain, when the left and right brains are activated at the same time, autistic children will have self-awareness and are willing to connect with others, studies have shown that music therapy is of great benefit to children with autism, because it can encourage autistic children to interact with the instrument, and even communicate with the orchestra members who play together. Because of this, music therapy is the ideal treatment for children with autism and is increasingly used in the clinic today.
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