Music is good for our health, Science says.
There are many scientific studies about health benefits of sound and music.
Science suggests that Music can help:
- Reducing pain perception
- Reducing the symptoms of anxiety
- Reduce the symptoms of depression
- Improving cardiovascular health
- Improving the immune response in cancer patients
- Alleviating the states of confusion and agitation of elderly patients
- Improving the well-being of patients with neurological diseases
- Promoting the recovery of awareness in comatose patients
A list of scientific studies to investigate the benefits of Music Therapy and Sound Therapy on our health:
The effect of music on the reduction of pain:
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-35052-001
Effects of relaxing music on cardiac autonomic balance and anxiety:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10392221
Effects of Music Therapy Strategy on Depressed Older Adults:
Effects of relaxation and music therapy on patients in a coronary care unit:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2684920
A pilot study into the therapeutic effects of music therapy at a cancer help center:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11191042
Effects of individualized music on confused and agitated elderly patients:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8257197
Effects of music and music therapy on mood in neurological patients
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369551/
Effects of Music Therapy on coma patients:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25912580/
Effectiveness of music therapy: a summary of systematic reviews based on randomized controlled trials of music interventions:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036702/
Image: Music lesson Staatliche Antikensammlungen by Bibi Saint-Pol.