Can Music Change Your Mood?

Throughout history, we have used music for a variety of purposes. 

We have used it for a very long time to calm the mind, soothe the soul, and inspire the heart.

Some individuals hold the opinion that music has the power to alter our emotions, personalities, and how we feel about ourselves.

We can use any song for this; song genres are unimportant.

"Researchers have pondered the possible therapeutic and mood boosting benefits of music for centuries".

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Why Does Music Bring Back Memories?

Music keeps its ability to evoke powerful emotions and memories because of its universal nature as a form of communication. 

There is no other form of communication that can evoke emotions in individuals as music can.

We can see this in how music can bring back memories of the past.  

We can be transported to a different time and place when we listen to music.

"Listening to a piece of music that was played a lot during a significant life event, such as a wedding or funeral, can trigger a deeply nostalgic emotional experience"

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Seven Interesting Psychological Facts About Music

 

Can Songs And Bass Influence Your Mood?

 

A strong correlation exists between what you hear and how you feel; this relationship between music and emotions is not new.

Some songs can evoke long-buried emotions, instantly altering your attitude and perspective.

But this goes beyond simple kitchen-table psychology; many studies have examined how music affects the mind.  

"Most people have turned to music on occasion to lift their mood, listening to a favourite track to cheer themselves up. "

 

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Influence of Personality on Music!

Studies reveal consistent relationships between personality and preferred musical genre.

This article explores these relationships using a novel method: genre dispersion among people’s mobile-phone music collections.  Click Here To Find Out More.

Plato, Music and Misquotes

 Plato And Music

"This post has already been read 245965 times!I spent a pleasant morning, Saturday, browsing through the works of Plato, hunting for the source of a quotation I saw on Facebook, today.* I did several textual searches for words, phrases and quotes on sites that offer his collected works, along with..."

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What Sort Of Emotions Does Music Arouse In People?

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"Powerful Links Between Music and Emotions"

Patrik Juslin, Professor of Psychology has written a book in which he summarised his 20 years of research into "what kinds of emotions does music arouse"?

“Music can arouse everything from very simple, primitive responses to complex high-level judgements, including basic emotions like joy, sadness and anger, as well as more complex ones, such as nostalgia. We can experience mixed emotions, contradictory feelings and what I call ‘aesthetic feelings’, based on aesthetic assessment. We feel admiration for a musician or we’re fascinated by the beauty of music”.   MORE