A study conducted in Spain at the Instituto Marqués proved that even unborn babies can not only listen to music, but also react to it! "The foetuses responded to the music by moving their mouths and their tongues as if they wanted to speak or sing," said the Instituto Marqués.

10. Even babies in the womb can listen as well as react to music.  

A research published on American Psychological Association showed that listening to music can help a person combat anxiety by reducing it.

12. Music can calm that raging anxiety.  

The researchers, from Sussex University and the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, found that music could be used to help a patient's recovery, especially if they've been admitted to the hospital.

13. Music can help you recover faster.  

"Singing has psychological benefits because of its normally positive effect in reducing stress levels through the action of the endocrine system which is linked to our sense of emotional well-being. Psychological benefits are also evident when people sing together as well as alone because of the increased sense of community, belonging and shared endeavor”, observes Professor Graham Welch, who has served as the Chair of Music Education at the Institute of Education at University of London.

9. Singing can help you get rid of stress.  

A researcher from the Texas A&M College of Nursing found that babies who were born prematurely, experienced health benefits from listening to lullabies as their food intake increased and they felt more comfortable.

11. Premature babies can get healthier when listening to music.  

Like going to the club? Well, the music might be facilitating a good time given that Université de Bretagne-Sud in France noticed that loud music can make a person drink faster in less time.

6. Loud music can actually make you drink faster in lesser time.  

Researchers from Pavia University, Italy, found that music with quicker tempos helped people breathe better, making sure their heartbeat was up.

2. Good beats can help you keep your heart healthy.  

According to research at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm ,drummers tend to have a strong sense of problem-solving.

14. If you‘re a drummer, you might just be great at problem-solving.  

A research, published in the journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, observes that music can facilitate memory recalling in people with severe brain injury.

8. Music can help someone with severe brain injury, recall memories.  

According to University of Montreal, babies tend to be twice as calm when listening to music than they do when you're talking.

7. The way to communicate with babies isn‘t cooing to them, but music.  

According to researchers from the University of Groningen, listening to happy or sad music can even change the way we perceive the world. On a bad day, make sure you listen to some happy music.

4. Music changes the way we see this world.  

A 2010 study led by sport psychologist C.I. Karageorghis found that music can improve the way we exercise. This happens in two ways: it can help you feel less fatigued, or increase the time dedicated to the workout. This study stated that music can lead to “higher-than-expected levels of endurance, power, productivity, or strength.”

1. Music can help you exercise better!  

According to University of Michigan Health System, music ushers activity in the area of the brain that releases the 'pleasure chemical' dopamine during sex and eating.

5. Music can make your brain as happy as eating or sex do!  

A study published in the journal Learning and Individual Differences found that students performed academically better after a one-hour lecture, with classical music in the background than students who studied the same syllabus without any music.

15. Music can help you study better.  

If you're a plant person, you should probably play some good music while watering them because it can help with their growth. Researchers at the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology in South Korea found that music can make plants grow faster as well as healthier.

5. Music can make your brain as happy as eating or sex do!

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