Research Paper

Index

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg.1

Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg.2

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg.5

Introduction

Music appears to be processed in the right hemisphere of the brain. The way we experience music also affects our nervous system.In this research paper i want to talk about how music affect and benefit your brain. I am not a fan of music but is big part of our lives. It would be interesting how music affect our lives without even realizing. Music affect many Parts of our brain that you can not imagine.

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Body

How neutral faces are affected by happy and sad music.

We can usually pick if a piece of music is particularly happy or sad, but this isn’t just a subjective idea that comes from how it makes us feel. In fact, our brains actually respond differently to happy and sad music.

Even a little piece of sad or happy music affect us, after hearing a short piece of music your likely to interpret a neutral expression as happy or sad, Something else that’s really interesting about how our emotions are affected by music is that there are two kind of emotions related to music: perceived emotions and felt emotions.

This means that sometimes we can understand the emotions of a piece of music without actually feeling them,which explains why some of us find listening to sad music enjoyable, rather than depressing.

Unlike in real life situations, we don’t feel any real threat or danger when listening to music, so we can perceive the related emotions without truly feeling them.

Music can distract us while driving

Drivers were tested while listening to their own choice of music, silence or “safe” music choices provided by the researchers. Of course, their own music was preferred, but it also proved to be more distracting: drivers made more mistakes and drove more aggressively when listening to their own choice of music.

Even more surprising: music provided by the researchers proved to be more beneficial than no music at all. It seems that unfamiliar, or uninteresting, music is best for safe driving.

Classical music can improve visual attention.

It’s not just kids that can benefit from musical training or exposure. Stroke patients in one small study showed improved visual attention while listening to classical music.

A study also say that silence results was worst than other. Because this study was so small, the conclusions need to be explored further for validation, but I find it really interesting how music and noise can affect our other senses and abilities

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