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Feb 27, 2021 · Just like in other professions, in music performance ‘flow’ refers to individuals’ subjective psychological state of mind, when they are completely immersed and fully concentrated in an activity (e.g. playing music), and this activity is very enjoyable and intrinsically rewarding.
- Enhancing Child Development
- Music and Mental Illness
- Therapy For Older Adults
One ongoing research interest is how music may affect youth in terms of language development, attention, perception, executive function, cognition and social-emotional development. Psychologist Assal Habibi, PhD, an assistant research professor at the University of Southern California Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute, has been investigatin...
Researchers are also exploring whether music may prove to be a helpful therapy for people experiencing depression, anxiety and more serious mental health conditions. A study of 99 Chinese heart bypass surgery patients, for example, found that those who received half an hour of music therapy after the operation—generally light, relaxing music of the...
The impact of music on older adults’ well-being is likewise of keen interest to researchers, who are looking at how music therapy may help verbal fluency and memory in people with Alzheimer’s disease (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Vol. 64, No. 4, 2018) and how singing in a choir may reduce loneliness and increase interest in life among diverse ol...
The salience of these sounds — whether a person responds to them emotionally and motivationally — influences the autonomic nervous system (ANS), a network that controls certain involuntary processes like breathing and heart rate.
- Stress management. Music provides calmness and relaxation. Music listening is strongly associated with stress reduction by the decrease of physiological arousal as indicated by reduced cortisol levels, lowered heart rate, and decreases in mean arterial pressure (de Witte et al., 2020).
- Emotional effects of music. Music can evoke a wide range of feeling states, such as exuberance, compassion, or tenderness (Cowen et al., 2020). For example, the “Star-Spangled Banner” stirs pride, Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” makes some people feel energized, and “The Last Song” by Elton John triggers sadness.
- Musical pleasure. Music has the ability to evoke powerful emotional responses (chills and thrills) in listeners. Positive emotions dominate in musical experiences.
- Social bonding. Music is thought to be the social glue that enhances cooperation and strengthens feelings of unity. Music triggers the hormones oxytocin and serotonin, responsible for bonding, trust, and intimacy (Levitin, 2010).
Apr 28, 2023 · One reason music has such an immediate impact on us is due to the way it is processed rapidly in the limbic system, the part of the brain which helps us experience emotions.
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Is visual imagery, that is, images before one’s inner eye, an inherent part of music listening? And if so, how do these mental images contribute to the overall emotional experience of a listener? Alternatively, can emotions evoked by music contribute to generating visual imagery?
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Nov 1, 2016 · Indeed, music seems to create room for our mind to wander and it may influence the content and mood of our daydreams, which in turn may influence our emotional response to music. Some studies have investigated the occurrence and content of daydreaming in the context of music listening.
