5 Benefits of listening to Music (Proven Scientifically)

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Albert Einstein once declared:

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician.”

Charles Darwin as well remarked:

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”

Those remarks above from these two great scientists show that Music is inevitable. It's being loved and adored by both young and old, rich and poor. In fact the Holy book revealed some of the healing power of music where it made refrence to David always singing to King Saul to heal him of his insanity. In a nutshell, listening to music has so many tremendous positive effects on our health, cognitive development, learning, etc.

Below are 5 great benefits of listening to Music:

1. Music improves our health by relieving us of stress:

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It has been proven scientifically that listening to music decreases the hormone "cortisol" responsible for stress; Thus, drastically relieving us of stress and since stress is the main(60%) causes of our diseases and illnesses, music indirectly heals us of our diseases. No wonder Billy Joel remarked that:

“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from.”

When listening to music, we should endeavor to actively participate in it by singing along, dancing along and even playing musical instruments along, as this will maximize its stress relieving effect.

2. Music greatly enhances our sleeping effect:

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Are you the one suffering from a recurrent insomnia, always finding it difficult to sleep at night, why not try listening to a very cool music before sleeping at night. In fact, one of the recent studies shows that students that listened to relaxing classical music for at least 45 minutes before going to bed slept significantly better than students who listened to just an audiobook or did nothing different from their normal routine.

3. Music helps in strengthening our Learning and Memory Capability:
Jodi Picoult once remarked:

“Music is the language of memory.”

Depending on you being a musician or not. An experiment conducted recently concerning this showed that participants who were Non-musicians learned better with positive music but tested better with neutral music. Musicians on the other hand learned better with neutral music but tested better when pleasurable music was being played.

4. Music Helps Alzheimer’s Patients Remember:

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“The past, which is not recoverable in any other way, is embedded, as if in amber, in the music, and people can regain a sense of identity.” – Oliver Sacks, M.D.

A good example of this is the one made by Dr. Laura Mosqueda, Director of Geriatrics at the University of California at the Irvine School of Medicine, where she explains that because music affects so many areas of the brain, it stimulates pathways that may still be healthy. Meaning that music could help those suffering from dementia remember who they are. Also, in order to connect with loved ones who suffer from age-related dementia, we should try playing some of their best-loved music.

5. Music improves our IQ and Academic performance:

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“Music can change the world because it can change people.” – Bono

It has been proven that music lessons greatly enhance academic performance and IQ in young children. One study reveals that 6-year-olds who took keyboard or singing lessons in small groups for at least 36 weeks had larger increases in IQ and standardized educational test results than children who took either drama lessons or no lessons. The singing group did the best.
To help yourself achieve academic excellence, do well to always listen to good music or learn to play an instrument.

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