Playing a sport and listening to music can surge athletic performance. Costas Karageorghis has been studying music and the brain for twenty five years. He says that music can enhance mood and is able to control along with build key muscle memories. Songs that have upbeat tempos can really get someone moving along to the beat. Matching the tempo of the song to the tempo of one’s heartbeat is the crucial factor in allowing this to happen.The max tempo one can reach is one hundred forty beats per minute until the music no longer becomes beneficial and doe not make one run any faster. Music accesses certain parts of the brain that are difficult to be reached otherwise. Karageorghis stated that listening to music while exercising “can be like a
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Rock music is said to boost motivation because of the high energy pace of the music. “Constantly listening to rock music greatly strengthens the listener’s emotional and psychological resolve and can help motivate them on a regular basis.” ( ). Although rock music and heavy metal that fall into a general category of aggressive music can also be ridiculed for the dark side of their lyrics. When listened to songs repeatedly with lyrics advertising drugs, alcohol, racism, and violence were proved to become ingrained in the listeners psyche and can be recalled later. Many critics claim that teenagers are not listening to music to understand the meaning behind the song or grasp the lyrics, yet most teenagers can recite the newest rap song start to finish. Thus concluding that they have memorized the lyrics and had to of had some cognitive thinking about the message portrayed in the song. In addition “Approximately seventeen percent of male adolescents and twenty five percent of female adolescents expressed that they liked their favorite songs specifically because the lyrics were a reflection of their feelings.” (American Academy of Pediatrics 7). Robert et al conducted an experiment in 1997 at an adolescence clinic that studied an association between negative emotional responses from music to risk taking behaviors. Scheel and Westefeld added on to Robert el al’s statement in 1999 when they found “Heavy metal and some rock music have been associated in some studies with an increased risk of suicide” (American Academy of Pediatrics 8). Heavy metal listeners have been linked to problems with school authority and teachers but also have been associated with depression, smoking, and conduct disorders. Therefore proving that music may also obtain negative connotations. It is important one monitors what kind of music they listen to and pay attention to the behavior they are performing
Rock music is said to boost motivation because of the high energy pace of the music. “Constantly listening to rock music greatly strengthens the listener’s emotional and psychological resolve and can help motivate them on a regular basis.” ( ). Although rock music and heavy metal that fall into a general category of aggressive music can also be ridiculed for the dark side of their lyrics. When listened to songs repeatedly with lyrics advertising drugs, alcohol, racism, and violence were proved to become ingrained in the listeners psyche and can be recalled later. Many critics claim that teenagers are not listening to music to understand the meaning behind the song or grasp the lyrics, yet most teenagers can recite the newest rap song start to finish. Thus concluding that they have memorized the lyrics and had to of had some cognitive thinking about the message portrayed in the song. In addition “Approximately seventeen percent of male adolescents and twenty five percent of female adolescents expressed that they liked their favorite songs specifically because the lyrics were a reflection of their feelings.” (American Academy of Pediatrics 7). Robert et al conducted an experiment in 1997 at an adolescence clinic that studied an association between negative emotional responses from music to risk taking behaviors. Scheel and Westefeld added on to Robert el al’s statement in 1999 when they found “Heavy metal and some rock music have been associated in some studies with an increased risk of suicide” (American Academy of Pediatrics 8). Heavy metal listeners have been linked to problems with school authority and teachers but also have been associated with depression, smoking, and conduct disorders. Therefore proving that music may also obtain negative connotations. It is important one monitors what kind of music they listen to and pay attention to the behavior they are performing