Concerts Will Make You Intelligent, Happy, and Healthy
Introduction
Music makes us happy and intelligent. Maybe that should have been our short reply to figures of authority who cast looks of chagrin upon us while we chose to listen to our headphones instead of the teacher lecture on evolution, parents rant because of broken curfews, and police due to loitering. We knew there was something sublime about punk music, but our “hawks” made it difficult to get out of our heads and properly articulate.
The punkers of today are in a very advantageous position as to reasoning why they need stay glued to the “noise” blaring out of their iPods; there has been scientific proof published that music has benevolent affects on our brains and bodies. Sure, listening to a mediocre cover can elicit disappointment and slam dancing may provide a bruise or two, but when all is said and done, music is a good thing.
So without further ado, we will provide something they did not teach us in school: reasons why we should never stop listening to music!
Einstein must have rocked out
A team of University of Wisconsin psychologists headed by Dr. Frances “Funk” Rauscher conducted a study that established their hypotheses of, a causal link existing between music and intelligence and that learning skills can be improved by listening to music at an early age, as fact.
Lab rats were exposed to the works of Mozart in utero and sixty days after birth. Control groups of rats were exposed to white noise, silence, and music of low complexity. The rats were tested on their ability to run through a maze over the course of five days. By day three, the rats listening to Mozart were showing superior abilities in completing the maze with minimal errors and in considerably quicker time than their counterparts. By day five, the ease and quickness grew to larger proportions.
Doctors concluded that music training generates neural connections used in abstract reasoning, especially those used in mathematical computation and concepts.
This gives proof to why the people at NASA are such badasses; if they weren’t skipping school to buy concert tickets, we would have never gotten to the moon!
Sex Pistols and Suicidal Tendencies for all
Researchers from a chiropractic clinic in Ohio conducted a study on 60 participants suffering from depression and chronic pain. The 60 participants were split into three groups of 20. One group listened to music for at least an hour per day of their favorite music, another group listened to music for an hour a day with provided music, and the last group did not listen to music at all.
The two music groups reported a 12 to 21 percent reduction in pain. The non-music group’s pain had stayed the same, and in some cases, slightly increased. The music groups reported their depression was assuaged at a rate of 19 to 25 percent. The music group felt 9 to 18 percent less disabled than their counterparts and 5 to 8 percent more in control of their power over the pain.
So, after a long night in the pit, put away the cortisone cream and ice bags and crank up the stereo!
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Music makes us happy and intelligent. Maybe that should have been our short reply to figures of authority who cast looks of chagrin upon us while we chose to listen to our headphones instead of the teacher lecture on evolution, parents rant because of broken curfews, and police due to loitering. We knew there was something sublime about punk music, but our “hawks” made it difficult to get out of our heads and properly articulate.
The punkers of today are in a very advantageous position as to reasoning why they need stay glued to the “noise” blaring out of their iPods; there has been scientific proof published that music has benevolent affects on our brains and bodies. Sure, listening to a mediocre cover can elicit disappointment and slam dancing may provide a bruise or two, but when all is said and done, music is a good thing.
So without further ado, we will provide something they did not teach us in school: reasons why we should never stop listening to music!
Einstein must have rocked out
A team of University of Wisconsin psychologists headed by Dr. Frances “Funk” Rauscher conducted a study that established their hypotheses of, a causal link existing between music and intelligence and that learning skills can be improved by listening to music at an early age, as fact.
Lab rats were exposed to the works of Mozart in utero and sixty days after birth. Control groups of rats were exposed to white noise, silence, and music of low complexity. The rats were tested on their ability to run through a maze over the course of five days. By day three, the rats listening to Mozart were showing superior abilities in completing the maze with minimal errors and in considerably quicker time than their counterparts. By day five, the ease and quickness grew to larger proportions.
Doctors concluded that music training generates neural connections used in abstract reasoning, especially those used in mathematical computation and concepts.
This gives proof to why the people at NASA are such badasses; if they weren’t skipping school to buy concert tickets, we would have never gotten to the moon!
Sex Pistols and Suicidal Tendencies for all
Researchers from a chiropractic clinic in Ohio conducted a study on 60 participants suffering from depression and chronic pain. The 60 participants were split into three groups of 20. One group listened to music for at least an hour per day of their favorite music, another group listened to music for an hour a day with provided music, and the last group did not listen to music at all.
The two music groups reported a 12 to 21 percent reduction in pain. The non-music group’s pain had stayed the same, and in some cases, slightly increased. The music groups reported their depression was assuaged at a rate of 19 to 25 percent. The music group felt 9 to 18 percent less disabled than their counterparts and 5 to 8 percent more in control of their power over the pain.
So, after a long night in the pit, put away the cortisone cream and ice bags and crank up the stereo!
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