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"

To find out more, click here. 

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. "

 

To learn more:

See:  Music Psychology - How Can Songs and Bass Affect Your Mood? By YOTAM DOV

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

The Marketing Of Music

What Is the Psychology of Music in 2016? - A Journal of Musical Things

From ajournalofmusicalthings.com -June 13, 9:21 PM

"When the music industry really wants you to hear a song, you will hear that song—over and over again. It’ll find your ears in pizzerias, at the pharmacy, ringing tinnily in gas station parking lots."

playalongjon's insight:

A 'catchy tune' can earn you lots of money and turn you into a 'celebrity' !  

Why We Enjoy Sad Music?

From www.medicaldaily.com - June 17, 9:33 PM

"Music can be a powerful presence in many aspects of people’s lives. It’s second only perhaps to smell in its power to bring back memories from decades ago and recall events or people you had very nearly forgotten."

playalongjon's insight:

The many facets of music!

Are Our Musical Preferences Predetermined?

Music Psychology: The Power of Vibrational Frequency -

From zazenlife.com - May 8, 10:59 PM

"Have you ever wondered why you have a complete disdain for specific styles of music? 

This interesting phenomenon has been the subject of scientific inquiry, hoping to uncover the mystery as to why our musical preferences seem to be predetermined"

playalongjon's insight:

Are we attracted to certain types of music and are these preferences predetermined?  

How Music May Benefit And Affect Your Brain

 

How Music Affects and Benefits Your Brain

From lifehacker.com - January 8, 11:13 PM

 I'm a big fan of music and use it a lot when working, but I had no idea about how it really affects our brains and bodies. Music is such a big part of our lives, and we react to it in many ways without even realizing.  More

playalongjon's insight:

Something which I experience everyday myself.

"Music Gives A Soul To The Universe" Plato

 

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 "Music Gives A Soul To The  Universe,   

  Wings To The Mind,  

Flight To The Imagination,

    And Life To Everything". 

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o Th
e Universe,

ngs To The Mind, Flight To The Imagination, 

And Life To Everything".

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Music And The Brain : Exploring The Interaction Between Music And The Brain

Rendering of human brain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

So what can music neuroscience teaches us about the brain?  In  the YouTube video below,  Aniruddh Patel, of the Neurosciences Institute discusses just what music can reveal to us about the mind and the brain. He then goes on to explore just what brain science can subsequently teach us about music and how it affects the brain itself.

 

 Music and the Mind

 

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Six Reasons Why Music Is Important To Us

Ever wonder why music is so  important to us and has such an impact on our emotions? Well wonder no more here they are ! The number one reason is 'Positivity', two & three reasons are 'Diversion and Mood Management', fourth reason is 'Forming Relationships', fifth reason is 'For Personal Identity' and the sixth reason is 'To Learn About Others (and the World)'

Would you like to find out more, well click on this this link which will take you to the article "The Psychology of Music: 6 Reasons We Love (and Need) Music"  where these 'reasons' were published.

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Music and Images

Can you  "see" while listening to music or do you belong to those who don't associate images with music?

In our modern world it is hard not to associate music with visual elements.  Images and music are often  and present together so it becomes more difficult to "dissociate music from images".  In the past however things were a little different :

"....... those who have a good musical culture love music have no visual representations when listening to their favorite kind of music. Any association between music and mental representations maybe accidental and temporary."  More

What Exactly Is Music?

Exactly what is music? How does the scientific community attempt to answer these sort of questions related to music and and its effects on human beings?  What happens inside our brains when emotions are released while we are listening to music? In fact what what makes our brains in the first place to connect to these 'electrical impluses and "converted sound vibrations" ?

"Electrical impulse and converted sound vibrations are just the beginning of the madness that  our brain must sort out and deal with "   More

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Why Does Music and Art Exist ?

The story of the evolution of aesthetics makes interested reading, why for example does music or visual art exists at all ?   How important were aesthetics in human evolution and later in human societies ?    The following article offers some interesting insights into these questions.

"One of the great mysteries of art is why it exists. Although our desire to create and enjoy art is so widespread that it appears as natural as eating or reproducing -– nearly every culture draws, dances, sings, recites poetry and tells stories -– the origins of human aesthetics are not clear-cut. What’s peculiar is that from a biological point of view art appears to serve no adaptive advantages whatsoever."  More

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Do you ever ask yourself why your like music ?  Do you  wonder what exactly is in music that  moves you ?  Also why does listening to music has such an emotional impact on you ?  What about your tastes in music, where do they come from ?  Marvin Minsky attempts to answer some of these questions in in his article "Music, Mind, and Meaning"

"Why do we like music? Our culture immerses us in it for hours each day, and everyone knows how it touches our emotions, but few think of how music touches other kinds of thought. It is astonishing how little curiosity we have about so pervasive an "environmental" influence. What might we discover if we were to study musical thinking?"  More