Each of us has favourite melodies. Some just are pleasant to us the rhythm and harmony, others cast the associations connected with certain events of life. Anyway, everyone goes on life with the certain music which leaves the mark on us. But whether what we listen to is safe for our health? The problem of influence of music on the person is actively studied by many scientists of the world. And today they managed to learn many surprising facts which we also will understand in more detail.
How does music influence the person?
As showed numerous researches, music influences a brain of the person, intelligence and all our organism in general. There is even such concept as music therapy which proves influence of music on all human body. It is the procedure during which to the patient include a certain melody which helps to get rid of problems with health subsequently. For example, by means of music it is possible to treat the diseases connected with malformations, mental disorders, interpersonal problems and toxicomania. Let's review some examples of influence of music on the person:
- Influence of classical music on the person. Works by great classics render the inspiring and calming effect on a human body. Melodious music casts deep experiences, and rhythmical simpler is perceived by us and can generate deep passions in soul. The special effect on the person is rendered by works by Mozart. Numerous researches showed huge influence of music of this composer on intelligence. Listening of its melodies considerably increases the IQ level and enhances brain activity. Mozart's music is unique – it not fast and not slow, quiet, but not boring. This phenomenon is up to the end not studied, but already received the name Mozart's Effect.
- Influence of music on a brain of the person. Researches of the scientist Robert Monro proved that when listening certain melodies of people it is capable to feel binuralny rhythms. For example, if one ear hears a sound with purity of 150 Hz, and another 157 Hz, then both hemispheres of a brain begin to work synchronously. These rhythms form not a real sound, but phantom with power only 7 Hz. Such rhythms help to improve functioning of a brain as allow to establish mezhpolusharny nervous relations at the necessary frequency. And than amplitude of fluctuations is higher, especially hemispheres will synchronously work. But at the same time do not forget that not all rhythms are useful to our brain. Listening of the same techno music can provoke delay of speed of reaction and even to lead to degradation of intelligence.
- Influence of rock music on the person. Music of this style is characterized by a surplus of high and low frequencies. Such alternation together with loudness seriously injures a brain. The scientist-physician David Elkin made once an experiment thanks to which he proved that shrill loud music provokes protein turning. On one of fate of concerts in front of the loudspeaker Elkin put crude egg. By the end of a concert, in three hours, egg was light-boiled.
- Negative influence of music. Some genres of music not only induce the fans to violence, but also promote abuse of drugs. For certain many witnessed how after the concerts the teenagers took to the streets and destroyed everything that fell them under a hand.
Music, not only can make the previous example of what destroying impact. Once scientists made an experiment in which they to students suggested to remember 20 numbers in a quiet silent situation. Then examinees listened to pop music with the simple and easily memorable words for some time. At repetition of an experiment it turned out that the brain activity of students considerably decreased, and some examinees recovered only an hour later.
Several recommendations for prevention of diseases and improvement of work of an organism allowed scientists to create researches of influence of music on human health:
- any melody pleasant to you is capable to cause increase in blood of lymphocytes thanks to what it is easier for organism to cope with the illnesses;
- classics promotes easier storing of information;
- it is possible to get rid of a headache listening to Fidelio by Betoven or the polonaise by Oginsky.;
- plays by Tchaikovsky or the suite by Greig Peer Gynt can save you from insomnia.
Thus, influence of music on the person is obvious. Knowing what melodies promote our improvement many, for certain, will become more legible in a question what music to choose as a hobby and to make the companion of life.