"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” ― Bob Marley
Need to focus? Turn on some classical music. Classical music has been demonstrated to stimulate our brain's frontal lobes. Studies using mice listening to classical music navigated several mazes in record time, and college students taking a test listening to classical music did twice as well as students in silence.
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Photo: The New Yorker |
Need to solve a mathematical problem or balance your finances? Turn on some music with strong rhythmic beats like reggae or salsa. Rhythmic beats synchronize both sides of the brain, helping you solve logical and spatial problems quicker.
Reduce anxiety and drop up to 50% of the stress hormone cortisol by listening to the violin, harp, or sitar. Pick one of the instruments. Listening to all these instruments at once can have the opposite effect and rev you up.
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