How music affects the human body

A person is in the world of sounds like in a capsule. Sounds and various noises, forming into a melody, can affect the human body and contribute to its healing and increase its ability to work, or, on the contrary, have a negative impact on the psyche and the course of physiological processes. Since ancient times, people have tried to unravel the effect of music on the human body and how to apply this knowledge to treat the body and mind. For example, in ancient Egypt, the method of choral singing relieved excruciating insomnia. And in ancient China, certain musical motives contributed to the speedy restoration of bone tissue or the cure of disorders of the cardiovascular system. This knowledge today helps people overcome mood swings, recover faster after surgery and maintain a high level of performance. So,

The influence of music on the human body: the main positive changes

Music improves productivity

Scientists are carefully studying the physical capabilities of a person in order to expand them and increase endurance. The result of an increase in productivity while listening to a certain type of melodies has been noticed. When a person performs any physical action, the results exceed the usual indicators if you listen to a given rhythm. The body adjusts to the rhythm and tempo of the music, resulting in less physical effort with better performance. Observations were made for athletes participating in the Olympic Games. 2500 game participants noted that the sound of music allowed them to perform more exercises and sets.

This is akin to meditation, when the mind enters a trance state and all physical actions are performed automatically, but nonetheless correctly.

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Music smoothes the time frame

Marketers of huge retail chains have long learned to control the perception of time by a person by compressing the temporal sensation. In hypermarkets, slow background music plays, which slows down walking and dulls many cognitive processes.

Blues, lounge and similar calm music without unnecessary words and intermittent tempo contributes to the dispersion of attention and relaxation. This allows a person not to feel irritation and boredom while walking around the store. In addition to hypermarkets, slow music is used to calm down and smooth out time frames at airports, railway stations, banks.

Music as a way to relieve pain

Music is believed to act as an anesthetic on a person. During a surgical operation or childbirth in some medical institutions, they turn on the music that the person likes the most. This helps him relax while the drugs take effect more quickly. Thus, the pain dissolves and subsides. For each person, the threshold of sensitivity and sensation of pain are individual. Familiar melodies help subconsciously feel that there is no reason for tension, muscles relax, blood circulation improves.

Vibrations significantly increase the body's resistance

The influence of choral singing during prayer, vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls or bell ringing on the human body has been studied by scientists for a long time. A lot of data has been established about a speedy recovery and an increase in human immunity when melodies of a certain tone sound.

Sound of music speeds up recovery

The positive effect of music on the human body in the postoperative period allows the body to recover faster after anesthesia. Cardiologists use music therapy to fully cure many diseases. This is due to the fact that when listening to melodies, blood pressure decreases and the heart rate decreases. In addition to tangible physical benefits, music calms and stabilizes the mental state of a person. Music therapy not only brings calmness and relaxation, but also significantly reduces the risk of developing heart disease.

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Music can improve memory

In the process of perceiving musical compositions, the work of one of the parts of the brain is activated – hippocampus. This is the area that is responsible for the long-term storage of memories or informational data. Thus, listening to musical compositions,

improves memory and brain activity.

Psychologists actively use the possibilities of music to restore memories. For memory loss or dementia, music can be used to restore a web of memories based on sensation and subconscious impulses. 

Music lessons develop a person's hearing

It is interesting that in the process of making music, the perception of sounds becomes more acute and the hearing aid becomes more developed. Philologists and people working in the media are usually also music lovers.

Professional musicians have been proven to have sensitive hearing and can hear even whispers in noisy traffic.

Consonance of sounds speeds up the process of adaptation

When a person is in a new environment and it is necessary to go through a complex process of adaptation, it is the influence of music that can help you get used to it faster and cope with psychological discomfort.

Music guides gastronomic passions

The influence of music on the human body during meals results in changes in taste preferences. This trend was noticed by employees of food enterprises and shops. By broadcasting certain tracks in a restaurant, it is possible to persuade a person to consume the product or dish that will be associated with the melody.

For example, while playing

classical or jazz music a person subconsciously rises, begins to feel himself the master of the situation. Therefore, expensive dishes are ordered in restaurants and expensive wines are purchased in stores.

In the course of observing the change in the gastronomic tastes of people, a trend was revealed in the choice of product variety when listening to a certain group of music tracks. With the sound of German music, buyers preferred beer and cider. During the sound of French motives – bought the most wine. And with the sound of the Irish bagpipe, in most cases, buyers purchased whiskey.

Each ear has its own range of perception of sounds

It has long been known that each hemisphere of the brain is responsible for its own area and perceives information differently, while closely cooperating with each other. The left ear and the right ear are able to hear, perceive and interpret sounds differently, depending on the functions that the work of the corresponding hemisphere of the human brain is aimed at.

During the sound of music, the ears broadcast various codes of information to neural connections. We can say that each ear sends its own version of what it hears to the central nervous system. The right ear directs its waves to search for and decipher speech, the left – responsible for the perception of melody, timbre, rhythm.

It is believed that the left ear is sufficient for listening to musical compositions, and the right ear is sufficient for understanding the meaning of news (speech). In any case, the information will be processed in the hemisphere of the brain that is responsible for these functions.

To unravel the various ways music influences the human body, you can observe yourself and the people around you in a cafe and restaurant, shop and shopping center. It is also worth considering that listening to music has a positive effect on overall development, and not only on improving memory and well-being.