Saturday, January 21, 2012

Music and Behavior

Resource: http://jennifercopley.suite101.com/the-psychology-of-music-a45967

Music is one of those little things that we may love. We may not like all music, but people aren't the only ones who can feel the physical and physiological effects of music. There are tests that make use of animals and plants who feel the effects of music. One of these were a two groups of mice. One group listened to heavy metal and the other listened to classical music. When the heavy metal group was let out to do the maze, they killed each other. The one who listened to classical music went through at a more effective rate than normal mice. Another experiment took use of taking musical lessons versus not taking them. Two groups of boys between the ages of 6 to 15 took lessons and other didn't. The boys who didn't do music lessons did a lamer job at a verbal test than the group who took lessons. The effects of music increased better chances of academic success. Even music helped take the pain from a surgery on a patient versus one without music.

Music is a powerful tool. This makes it very intriguing to study. Why does music make such differences in outcomes? These are questions that music psychology try to answer. Music seems capable of giving a positive outcome and a negative outcome to situations. It is hard to deny that music isn't experienced throughout the world. It is a part of culture, and we have it as well. I think we should all know that music can change the world, one life at a time.

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