There is a beautiful and remarkable presence around every corner of this world. Sometimes it is the purpose of an event, or a subtle addition to the background of daily life, or sometimes it can be as vital as oxygen. I do not believe that, in this life, I will ever find the words to accurately describe how much music means to me or the role that it plays in my life. Music is a vital presence in my daily life. I cannot imagine a world without the presence of music. Music is an element that I use all day, every day. I used to wonder every now and again, if music did for others what it does for me. Confucius once said, “music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” But it is not only Confucius who understands what music
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This connection enables music to be part of how and what kind of empathy an individual will experience. Empathy and the emotional aspect of the default mode network and music is immensely important when looking at cognitive impairments such as autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, and other cognitive conditions. This impairment is a factor in how music has been discovered to be linked to the default mode network because music has helped compensate for the impairment (Hutchinson 2015). This is because of the emotional link to music.
Music’s role in society is immense. Music is in the car, online, in the store, played in public restrooms and restaurants, through speakers and headphones. This means that since music is attached to the decision making process, the music played in a restaurant or store is influencing any decisions that are made. This means that if one is looking at apples, if the music is of a pleasing nature, the apples will appear brighter and more appealing than they would if there was not any music present to alter the decision making center in the …show more content…
That concept is a crazy one but it is so true. This means that music if positive, will influence the quality of life because if music is able to create emotion, and that emotion can be positive, and positive emotion makes decisions by making everything around us brighter and more appealing, then the quality of life can be enhanced.
When researching the effect music can have, it has been reported that a big deciding factor in their music is how it makes them feel and their emotional responses to it. Interestingly enough, emotion has been found to know all languages. Music has also been found to be able to communicate specific emotions such as happiness and sadness. A common way for people to have very powerful emotional experiences of a transcendent nature is through music. Similarly, these experiences have been linked to shaping individuals in unique and long lasting ways (Hodges
This connection enables music to be part of how and what kind of empathy an individual will experience. Empathy and the emotional aspect of the default mode network and music is immensely important when looking at cognitive impairments such as autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, and other cognitive conditions. This impairment is a factor in how music has been discovered to be linked to the default mode network because music has helped compensate for the impairment (Hutchinson 2015). This is because of the emotional link to music.
Music’s role in society is immense. Music is in the car, online, in the store, played in public restrooms and restaurants, through speakers and headphones. This means that since music is attached to the decision making process, the music played in a restaurant or store is influencing any decisions that are made. This means that if one is looking at apples, if the music is of a pleasing nature, the apples will appear brighter and more appealing than they would if there was not any music present to alter the decision making center in the …show more content…
That concept is a crazy one but it is so true. This means that music if positive, will influence the quality of life because if music is able to create emotion, and that emotion can be positive, and positive emotion makes decisions by making everything around us brighter and more appealing, then the quality of life can be enhanced.
When researching the effect music can have, it has been reported that a big deciding factor in their music is how it makes them feel and their emotional responses to it. Interestingly enough, emotion has been found to know all languages. Music has also been found to be able to communicate specific emotions such as happiness and sadness. A common way for people to have very powerful emotional experiences of a transcendent nature is through music. Similarly, these experiences have been linked to shaping individuals in unique and long lasting ways (Hodges