The power of music to affect memory is quite intriguing. Mozart's music and baroque music, with a 60 beats per minute beat pattern, activate the left and right brain. The simultaneous left and right brain action maximizes learning and retention of information. The information being studied activates the left brain while the music activates the right brain. Also, activities which engage both sides of the brain at the same time, such as playing an instrument or singing, causes the brain to be more capable of processing information.

strengthen or weaken emotions

releases neurons in the brain which help the body to relax.

certain types of music such as Mozart's Sonata for Two Piano's in D Major before taking a test

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Healthy and Not So Healthy Effects

studying the effects of the beat of the music. It was found that slow music could slow the heartbeat and the breathing rate as well as bring down blood pressure. Faster music was found to speed up these same body measurements.

One cannot deny the power of music.

study music have higher grade point averages that those who don't

In a second experiment, mice that listened to Mozart for 10 hours a day dramatically improved their maze-solving abilities, while the heavy metal mice actually became worse at solving mazes than they had been at the beginning of the experiment.

intelligence test scores grew higher in children who took lessons in keyboarding or singing.

music lessons scored higher on tests of verbal memory than a control group of students without musical training.

classify words as violent or nonviolent, those who had listened to violent lyrics were more likely to ascribe aggressive meanings to words such as “rock” and “stick.”

link between youth violence and violent media, including music

professor James Gundlach found higher rates of suicide among those who listen to country music.