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The future psychologist @ryfryk has been spreading blatant lies about music and it's effects. She has falsely stated that music makes u perpetually depressed and its ameliorating effects are transitionary. Let's have a look at what science actually has to say abt this.
The future psychologist @ryfryk has been spreading blatant lies about music and it's effects. She has falsely stated that music makes u perpetually depressed and its ameliorating effects are transitionary. Let's have a look at what science actually has to say abt this.
This experimental study conducted among 60 cancer patients with anxiety and depression showed a significant decrease in the level of depression and anxiety among intervention group. i.e the group that listened to music at least 20 min per day for 3 days. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072238/
This study examined the effects of music therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy on social anxiety in a sample of schooling adolescents, which concluded that it is significant in reducing social anxiety among schooling adolescents. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6708916/
Here's a comprehensive study of effects of music studied through functional brain imaging techniques (MRI and PET scans). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5705548/
It showed music improves health and well-being through the engagement of neurochemical systems for (i) reward, motivation and pleasure; (ii) stress and arousal; (iii) immunity; and (iv) social affiliation
This study investigated lifetime benefits of musical training. It not only showed the beneficial effects of musical training on the brain, but also that early musical training, even if short, still had an significant impact later in life. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010741
This meta-analysis study showed musical practice have been associated with improved cognitive functioning during aging and that musical practice is an effective tool for preventing the declines of healthy aging. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6258526/
Here's a meta-analysis which aimed to evaluate the efficacy of music therapy for reducing the anxiety and pain of patients who underwent a biopsy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29171070
It showed music decreased systolic blood pressure before the biopsy, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores after biopsy, diastolic blood pressure after the biopsy and heart rate after biopsy. Similarly, music also tended to be more effective for controlling pain after the biopsy
Here's a randomized clinical trial which investigated effects of music listening, for 15 minutes, on the preoperative anxiety levels in children undergoing elective surgery. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171712
It showed a statistically significant reduction in anxiety levels after 15 minutes of music listening, specifically with regard to the behavioral domains of activity, vocalization, emotional expression and apparent awakening state.
This study investigated effect of music therapy on anxiety levels on patient undergoing dental extractions. It showed there was fall in heart rate and BP among test population, which was evident in the modified dental anxiety scale as well. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924244
It concluded that music seems to be a psychological and spiritual way to calm oneself down. Hence music therapy can be used as an anxiolytic agent for stressful dental procedures.
This study showed that listening to music prior to stressor affected the autonomic nervous system (in terms of a faster recovery), and to a lesser degree the endocrine and psychological stress response. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734071
In this study statistically significant reduction was seen in the pain scores in the test group after music therapy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973492
