Benefits of listening to music

 Benefits of listening to music 

Music is all around us. But, have you ever wondered if it has an impact on our health, mind and body. In this article you'll read some unexpected benefits of listening to music.

1. Eases the pain.

As incredible as it may seem, it works even when it's not medicine. Music reduce stress levels, as well as it provides strong competing stimulus to pain signals. It reduce the perceived intensity of pain, especially in geriatric care, intensive care or palliative medicine.

2. Increases happiness.

Listening to music for at least 15 minutes induce the brain to release dopamine, a neurotransmitter that increases feelings of happiness. Beyond others like excitement and joy.

3. Increases workout endurance 

Music has a direct effect on body hormones. It lowers the levels of the hormone cortisol in the body, counteracting the effects of chronic stress. Having that stress causes 60 percent of all illnesses and ailments, so by lowering levels of stress we obtain greater chances for overall well-being.

4. It helps people eat less.

Playing soft music in the background during meal can help people slow down while eating and ultimately consume less food in one sitting.

5. Increases verbal intelligence.

A investigation made proved that 90 percent of kids of ages between 4 and 6 had significantly increased verbal intelligence after just a month of taking music classes, where they learned about rhythm, pitch, melody and voice. The results suggest that music training had a transfer effect that increased children's ability to understand words, and even more to explain their meaning.

Another study showed similar results in music trained adult women and children who outperformed a group without music training on test of verbal memory.

6. Reduce depression.

Music has a direct effect on our hormones, It can even be considered as a natural antidepressant. This because certain melodies cause the release of serotonin and dopamine in the brain, increasing feelings of happiness and well-being. It also releases norepinephrine, which is a hormone that invokes feelings of euphoria.