Music can improve an athlete 's performance, by changing the tension in their muscles. Listening to music helps to release muscle tension, which in turn improves the body’s movement and coordination (How Music Affects Us And Promotes Health). When the muscles are loose, the body can perform action with less difficulty. During the rehabilitation of people with movement disorders, music can “play an important role in developing, maintaining and, restoring physical functions (How Music Affects Us And Promotes Health). Music is known to motivate athletes to have better performances, (Listening To Music Increases Athletic Performance). Athlete’s performance is improved because the music serves as a distraction from the fatigue and possible pain
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Music also has just as much potential to harm as it does to help, because the majority of modern music has lyrics to them. If these lyrics do not have a positive message, then it can negatively affect the listener. Additionally vocal music has been shown to distract, and become a disservice to the listener’s focus, memory, and attention. (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). In contrast instrumental music is still helpful for memory, focus and attention. In 1993 study was released that by simply making a child listen to Mozart, he or she would become smarter (How Music Affects The Developing Brain). However, this is not true, “modern research has found that there is no evidence that listening to any type of music can enhance a child’s learning ability (How Music Affects The Developing Brain). Although, as it is already stated in the third and fourth paragraphs, music only strengthens the hippocampus, corpus callosum, as well as the white and grey matter in the brain. Listening to music does not guarantee that the listener will be smarter, it simply improves their chances of becoming a better learner. Music is not a miracle worker but it can do many great things for …show more content…
Music can help to bring some of the damaged areas that were affected by the stroke back to a functioning state, by releasing dopamine (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). Music is especially helpful for victims who had a stroke on the left side of the brain, and have the inability to speak (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). During ‘Melodic Intonation’ patients listens to music and are“ prodded’ to speak again, thus the therapy repairs the damaged parts of the brain that are associated with speaking (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). With the help of music, stroke victims can learn to speak again and their brains are basically repaired. Additionally, during a similar study in Finland researchers found that patients recovering from a stroke who listened to pop, classical or jazz music for a couple of hours a day recovered faster (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). In particular the patients seemed to have better verbal memory and attention span (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). Due to the improved memory and attention span, it becomes obvious that music has fantastic healing characteristics. An amazing piece of research from 1998 says that music can get rid of seizures once and for all (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). In order to reduce the signals that cause a seizure , one must listen to calming sounds, like Mozart’s piano masterpieces.(The Effect
Music also has just as much potential to harm as it does to help, because the majority of modern music has lyrics to them. If these lyrics do not have a positive message, then it can negatively affect the listener. Additionally vocal music has been shown to distract, and become a disservice to the listener’s focus, memory, and attention. (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). In contrast instrumental music is still helpful for memory, focus and attention. In 1993 study was released that by simply making a child listen to Mozart, he or she would become smarter (How Music Affects The Developing Brain). However, this is not true, “modern research has found that there is no evidence that listening to any type of music can enhance a child’s learning ability (How Music Affects The Developing Brain). Although, as it is already stated in the third and fourth paragraphs, music only strengthens the hippocampus, corpus callosum, as well as the white and grey matter in the brain. Listening to music does not guarantee that the listener will be smarter, it simply improves their chances of becoming a better learner. Music is not a miracle worker but it can do many great things for …show more content…
Music can help to bring some of the damaged areas that were affected by the stroke back to a functioning state, by releasing dopamine (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). Music is especially helpful for victims who had a stroke on the left side of the brain, and have the inability to speak (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). During ‘Melodic Intonation’ patients listens to music and are“ prodded’ to speak again, thus the therapy repairs the damaged parts of the brain that are associated with speaking (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). With the help of music, stroke victims can learn to speak again and their brains are basically repaired. Additionally, during a similar study in Finland researchers found that patients recovering from a stroke who listened to pop, classical or jazz music for a couple of hours a day recovered faster (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). In particular the patients seemed to have better verbal memory and attention span (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). Due to the improved memory and attention span, it becomes obvious that music has fantastic healing characteristics. An amazing piece of research from 1998 says that music can get rid of seizures once and for all (The Effect Music Has On The Brain). In order to reduce the signals that cause a seizure , one must listen to calming sounds, like Mozart’s piano masterpieces.(The Effect