Benefits of Music

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“Without music, life would be a mistake” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Did you know?

Happy or sad music affects how we see neutral faces.

Ambient noise can improve creativity

Moderate noise levels promotes abstract processing, leading to higher creativity

Our music choices can predict our personality

Blues and Soul fans - high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Jazz fans - high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing and at ease

Classical music fans - high self-esteem, are creative, introvert and at ease

Rap fans - high self-esteem and are outgoing

Opera fans - high self-esteem, are creative and gentle

Country and Western fans - hardworking and outgoing

Reggae fans - high self-esteem, are creative, not hardworking, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Dance fans - creative and outgoing but not gentle

Indie fans - low self-esteem, are creative, not hard working, and not gentle

Bollywood fans - creative and outgoing

Rock/heavy metal fans - low self-esteem, are creative, not hard-working, not outgoing, gentle, and at ease

Chart pop fans - high self-esteem, are hardworking, outgoing and gentle, but are not creative and not at ease

Music can significantly distract us while driving (contrary to common belief)

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. They made more mistakes and drove more aggressively when listening to their own choice of music.

Even more surprisingly, 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.

Music training can significantly improve our motor and reasoning skills and especially Classical music training can improve visual attention

One-sided phone calls are more distracting than normal conversations

Music helps us exercise

Listening to music competes for our brain’s attention, and can help us to override those signals of fatigue, though this is mostly beneficial for low- and moderate-intensity exercise. During high-intensity exercise, music isn’t as powerful at pulling our brain’s attention away from the pain of the workout.

My own 'Did you know' from when I was little: "Music makes work fast!"