Music And Depression

If the subject weren’t adults, they tried to find the most mature of the people that they could get as possible. If the researchers were attempting to find a simple connection between music and the effects of it to emotions, such as relating to happy or sad emotions, it wouldn’t matter if they were to target the young subjects as they wouldn’t put much thought to it. When trying to find simple connection to music and feelings, it can sometimes be easier and to the researches advantage to test on vulnerable subjects that would put other important feelings aside and focus on the main thing that they are being told to do. A very good example of a vulnerable mind that could be a near perfect subject that can be tested it children. Genuinely, children …show more content…
For the purposes of this study, depression refers to feelings of severe despondency and dejection. Researchers aimed to see how music affected the depression levels in certain individuals that were suffering from it. How this was done was that some genres of music were observed as they affected individuals and they showed that the music helped lessen the depression levels. The music was used to ease the emotions and stabilize them. Studies have shown that when an individual is suffering from depressed and is provided with music therapy as treatment, there are significant changes in the emotions displayed by the person. They start to get rid of the depressing thoughts and seem to get lost within the music. This is difficult to demonstrate but it was done by conducting a study of gathering individuals who suffer of depression and provide them with music therapy. Throughout this process, researchers were able to see the change in their …show more content…
Depending on which mood/emotion they are showing before experimentation, can also matter when the results are concluded. If a person is previously sad but it is due to personal issues such as having a family member pass away or recently losing a job, that would be a big influence to how the music will make them feel. It would be to the researcher’s advantage to determine this before any process is done as it can produce false results. Also if a person prior to the study is happy because they won the lottery or they got a promotion could also lead to false hopes. If an individual has a previous emotion being shown before study, it would be crucial to write it down and make note of it because that’s an important factor. Besides being an aid for medical purposes, music has also served in good use for academic