Showing posts with label emotions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emotions. Show all posts

Wednesday 31 August 2011

Choosing The Right Genre Of Music

When deciding on what music to listen to it is important to choose the right genre of music for the mood you are in at the time.
" Research has proven that music could be a major mood lifter particularly when one is undergoing tough times. At least every person encounters a downhill in life and during such times, music would probably be the best thing to address such situations else one would find it extremely tough to cope. " MORE

Sunday 12 April 2009

Can Listening To Music Enhance Mental And Physical Well Being ?


"Music’s positive effects
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Can listening to music enhances mental and physical wellbeing.  Well, a recent collection of studies has looked at how music developed over the centuries and how humans have responded to it. The studies also consider that the sounds that animals make are analogous to music in their desire to copy or act like each other.
“Other studies look at music’s positive effects on health and immunity, how music is processed in the brain, the interplay between language and music, and the relationship between our emotions and music ........ MORE

Sunday 5 April 2009

The Healing Powers of Music


VA Uses Music Therapy In Veterans' Recovery


The healing power of music to aid recovery is nothing new. In fact, both Plato and Aristotle wrote about it in ancient Greece. In our modern-day, music therapy is often used to treat patients with mental illness ………….
“Music therapy, the VA says, is a burgeoning field with ancient roots that helps patients cope with a variety of life's ills, from depression or post-traumatic stress to substance abuse and cognitive disorders, among others ………." MORE  

Saturday 4 April 2009

Is There A Language Of Music ?


'Language of Music Really Is Universal, Study Finds'


Do you believe that there is a language of music? Well, a recent report thinks there may be one. A report which was published online on 19th March in ‘Current Biology’ states that ..........
“Native African people who have never even listened to the radio before can nonetheless pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music …MORE

Discover the Hurdy Gurdy: A Musical Journey Unveiling the Enchanting Sounds of a Timeless Instrument

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player (Le Joueur de Vielle) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Did you know that the hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument tha...