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Jun 22, 2021 · The purpose of this scoping review is first to summarize the existing state of music engagement and mental health studies, identifying their strengths and weaknesses. We focus on broad domains of mental health diagnoses including internalizing psychopathology (e.g., depression and anxiety symptoms and diagnoses), externalizing psychopathology ...
- Daniel E Gustavson, Peyton L Coleman, John R Iversen, Hermine H Maes, Reyna L Gordon, Miriam D Lense...
- 2021
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in partnership with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently launched the Sound Health Initiative that awarded $20 million dollars to expand the evidence-base for music-based interventions to address mental health disorders (Collins & Fleming, 2017; NIH, 2018). Building on the promise of such interventions, this systematic review evaluates the ...
Aug 1, 2023 · Recent research suggests that music engagement not only shapes our personal and cultural identities but also plays a role in mood regulation. 1 A 2022 review and meta-analysis of music therapy found an overall beneficial effect on stress-related outcomes. Moreover, music can be used to help in addressing serious mental health and substance use ...
- Let’s Take A Closer Look at This Study
- Music Activates Just About All of The Brain
- Use It Or Lose It
- Music Keeps Your Brain Networks Strong
- Dance The Night Away
Those are pretty impressive results, to be sure. However, this 20-minute online survey has some limitations. For one, it included 3,185 US adults ages 18 and older; that is a small number if you are extrapolating to 328 million people across the country. For another, it is really a survey of people’s opinions. For example, although people might rep...
Music has been shown to activate some of the broadest and most diverse networks of the brain. Of course, music activates the auditory cortex in the temporal lobes close to your ears, but that’s just the beginning. The parts of the brain involved in emotion are not only activated during emotional music, they are also synchronized. Music also activat...
Okay, so music activates just about all of the brain. Why is that so important? Well, have you ever heard the expression, “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it”? It turns out this is actually true in the brain. Brain pathways — and even whole networks — are strengthened when they are used and are weakened when they are not used. The reason is that t...
So just how does music promote well-being, enhance learning, stimulate cognitive function, improve quality of life, and even induce happiness? The answer is, because music can activate almost all brain regions and networks, it can help to keep a myriad of brain pathways and networks strong, including those networks that are involved in well-being, ...
How do you incorporate music into your life? It’s easy to do. Although the AARP survey found that those who actively listened to music showed the strongest brain benefits, even those who primarily listened to background music showed benefits, so you can turn that music on right now. Music can lift your mood, so put on a happy tune if you are feelin...
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Jun 15, 2023 · Introduction. A recent review by the World Health Organization 1 highlights the important role that art, culture and music have in promoting health and wellbeing. Indeed, participation in musical events can lead to emotional, cognitive and socio-relational benefits, with a positive effect on crucial biopsychosocial functions (e.g. increased immune response, greater sense of self-efficacy ...
Jun 6, 2024 · As age increases, scores on all three questionnaires (WHO-5, MHC-SF and SPS-10) showed a significant positive trend. These results are consistent with Statistics Canada data on well-being (2021–2022) and mental health (2022). Gender was also an influential factor, but did not meet the expectation stated in our hypothesis.
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Jun 22, 2021 · Such designs can be used to examine whether associations between music and mental health are magnified based on other exposures or psychological constructs (gene-by-environment interactions) , and ...
