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Music Can Make Us Smart and Fight The Pain

February 12th, 2012 admin
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Music Can Make Us Smart and Fight The Pain. Music has been widely used as therapy to cope with various symptoms of depression and anxiety. Apparently, there are many other health benefits of music. The amount of this benefit is still unexplored by researchers. There is something about music and engaging in musical activities that seem to be very stimulating for the brain and body. Favorite songs to sing with family and friends, playing in a band or dancing to music can also strengthen the bond with others.

Some studies have found that listening to music can reduce pain. Other studies have shown that music can be beneficial for patients with heart disease by reducing blood pressure, heart rate and anxiety. Music therapy has also been shown to lift the spirits of patients with depression. Create their own music, either playing musical instruments or singing, can have a therapeutic effect as well. When listening to or involved in the music that makes happy, relaxed, contemplative, the body will have the effect of deep relaxation like deep sleep, warm baths, and reduce overall stress levels.

Several other studies have illustrated that listening to music is a business that is more complex than it seems. The human brain is sorting out the tone, timing, and sequencing of sound to understand the music. Believed that the frontal lobes of the brain is stimulated and activated when listening to music. Because the area is part of the brain associated with higher mental functions such as abstract thinking or planning. Listening to music is one way of listening passively to obtain benefits for the brain. But a more stimulating brain activity and even increase IQ is playing or writing music.

Children six years old who were given music lessons when compared to drama lessons or no instruction to get additional 2-3 points in his or her IQ score. Pre-school children scored better on spatial reasoning tests than those following the computer lessons. But the benefits may not be the same for adults.

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Music Therapy Encourage Positive Change to Autistic Children

May 29th, 2011 admin

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Music therapy has not only serves to facilitate positive changes in behavior of adult humans, but also has positive effects on children with autism. Music, according to the research act as external stimuli that make the child comfortable, because it is not involved in direct contact with humans.

Benefits of therapy
Improving the social emotional development of children. When starting a relationship, children with autism tend to be physically ignore or reject social contact offered by others. And music therapy to help stop the withdrawal is a way to build relationships with objects, in this case musical instruments.

Children with autism, according to study results, see the musical instrument as something fun. These children are usually very fond shapes, touching and well produced sound. Therefore, this musical instrument can become an intermediary to build relationships between children with autism with other individuals.

Helping verbal and nonverbal communication. Music therapy can also help children with the ability to communicate how to improve vocal production and stimulate conversation and mental processes in terms of understanding and recognizing. The therapist will try to create communication links between the behavior of children with a particular sound. Children with autism are usually more easily identify and more open to the sound than the verbal approach. Awareness of this music and the relationship between the actions of children with music, has the potential to encourage communication.

Encouraging emotional fulfillment. Most children with autism are less able to respond to stimuli that should help them feel the right emotion. But, because children with autism can respond well to music, the music therapy can help children by providing an environment free from fear.

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Music Psychology and Its Effects

April 11th, 2011 admin

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Music Psychology

Music psychology gave effects to our body. Everyone has different music tastes different. Many experts also believe that the rhythm of the music has a calming effect and benefit the body. Every kind of music have different effects for the body.

Music is one of several interesting activities for all parts of the brain. Pythagorus, Plato and Aristotle realized the power of music therapy. Einstein himself said that one reason he is so smart is because love to play the violin. Any genre or type of music have different effects for the body. Here are some types of music and its effect on the body.

1. Classical music
Classical music is the kind of music that often involves a large orchestra and usually without vocal accompaniment. Classical music has a tendency to soothe the body and stimulate the mind. Type of music has been found to reduce stress (even for people who are not too fond of classical music) and improve certain types of intelligence such as verbal ability and spatial-temporal reasoning. Listening to classical music also has a very calming effect heart rate and can be helpful for people with heart disease.

2. Indian classical music
Indian classical music is complex and expressive. Indian music is based on sports (melodic mode) and Taal (rhythmic cycle specific). Certain sports are known to activate all the chakras (energy centers or mood) of the body, thus benefit in carrying out other creative tasks. Indian classical music therapy is often used or recommended for the treatment of insomnia, migraine, chronic headaches, hypertension, anxiety, etc.. A study found that listening to Indian classical music can improve the quality of sleep in individuals who experience depression. The researchers concluded that the effect is comparable with hypnotic medications in improving sleep quality in patients with depression.

3. Rap or Hip Hop Music
Hip Hop music has a different effect on many teenagers. On the one hand, found this kind of music to promote negative feelings, and on the other hand is so energetic music that makes you want to get up and dance.

4. Rock Music
Listening to rock music can give you adrenaline unlike other genres. If you do not like listening to rock music, then listen to make you feel angry and resentful as well as increased heart rate and blood pressure. However, if you enjoy listening to this kind of music can help to relieve stress without affecting heart rate or blood pressure.

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