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Creating a productive schedule
Avoiding procrastination
Prioritizing tasks effectively
Happy/sad music
Our brains respond differently to happy or sad music.
One study revealed that participants interpreted a neutral expression as happy or sad to match the tone of the music they heard.
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Motor and reasoning skills
One study indicated that children who had three years or more of musical instrument training performed better in:
- auditory discrimination abilities
- fine motor skills
- vocabulary
- nonverbal reasoning skills
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Music can distract our driving
Another study tested drivers while listening to their own choice of music, silence or “safe” music provided by the researchers. The results showed that drivers made more mistakes and dr...
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Classical music
In one small study, stroke patients showed improved visual attention while listening to classical music. Silence resulted in lower scores.
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Music and personality
Different genres correspond to our personality. For instance:
- Blues and Jazz fans have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease
- Classical music fans have high self-esteem, are creative, introvert and at ease
- Opera fans have high self-esteem, are cre...
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Ambient noise can improve creativity
A moderate noise level is ideal to improve our creativity. It increases the processing difficulty which stimulates abstract processing, leading to higher creativity.
High noise levels impair our creative thinking because we feel overwhelmed and struggle to process informati...
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Music helps us exercise
An American researcher, Leonard Ayres, found that cyclists pedaled faster while listening to music than they did in silence.
This is because music overrides the signals of fatigue while we are exercising, and our bodies do not realize we are tired.
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Music benefits us
One study showed that people with Alzheimer's disease handle their stressful emotions better when they listen to music.
Other studies revealed that certain types of music may change our perception, and cheerful music can foster creativity.
Listen to upbeat music
Music activates the brain’s reward system. This explains why we start feeling happy as soon as one of our favorite tunes comes on.
Music can act as medicine, a mood enhancer and a powerful form of self-expression.
Create an happy and sad list
Psychologist Julie Kolzet recommend to create an happy and sad list. She says that in this way we take time to consider about what really matters to us.
"We see the creation or formulation of a resolution as a process, and one that requires us to do some self-reflection...
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