Music therapy

I haven't come across any person in my life who doesn't like to listen to music.
The type of music may vary according to individual choice but the affection for music remains the same for all human being.
Personally, I like soft romantic music may it be old songs of 1960s or the songs of 21st century.
Which type of music do you like???

Since, music is such an important part of our life, I thought it would be interesting to go through the benefits of music on our body and brain.

• Music improves the memory, auditory skills and cognitive flexibility. That is why musicians have bigger and better brain.

• Music can improve your mood and reduce stress hormone level.

• Music can make you feel happy, hopeful, powerful and positive towards life.

• Playing music or enjoying live music stimulates the hormone- oxytocin which helps us bond with and trust others.

• Music can improve your creativity and productivity. That is why office workers allowed to listen to background music shows positive effect on performance on cognitive tasks and accuracy.

• Music can help people, perform better under high pressure situations like
  Surgeons while operating
  Athletes while playing under pressure

• Children with musical background have better fine motor skills and do better in subjects like language, reading and Math.

• According to studies, babies exposed to music before birth have longer attention span, better motor skills, language development and cognitive skills

• Even music have a positive effect on the growth of plants. This was proved by an Indian physiologists ** Sir Jagadishchandra Bose** in 1902.

Music Therapy "is the clinical and evidence based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a professional who has completed an approved music therapy program."

Music therapy is used to influence the specific human behavior and outcomes.

After assessing the strengths and needs of a person, the qualified music therapist provides the required treatment including creating, singing and listening to music.

This music therapy affects the overall physical rehabilitation, increases motivation and provides emotional support for the person and their families.

Music therapy is used in many medical conditions like-

Heart disease
Neurological disorders
Dementia
Amnesia
Schizophrenia etc...