Does Music REALLY affect how you think?

Question

I've tried to do studies on it, but none came out well. Help me out here?

Answer 1

I have depression and anxiety. When I hear certain music, my mood changes to gladness, calmness and peace. My mood lifts, I am not angry anymore..I get mellow and life just gets better even if it's temp. I can be having one of my life sitinks ..why can't I did days and I her this music and it changes the way I look at my life..

Answer 2

The answer to your question is Yes and NO!

To the majority of normal people music can be appreciated and enjoyed. It may affect people by putting them is tranquil moods at times. I'm a school teacher and when students are working on their class assignments, I often play smooth jazz and that calms the students down. But, does the music make them act a certain way.... NO, not really.

Now, there are other knuckle-heads that are emotionally deprived, so music can influence their behavior. You get some skin-head to hear Nazi or Racist music and he'll want to go out and beat up a homosexual or minority person.
A lot of people blame heavy metal and hard rock music for instilling violent acts in the adolescents. Maybe so.

Music can conjure romantic moods in lovers. It can inspire lofty ideas for the artists to be to paint great artworks. It can reduce depression. with an upbeat tempo or rhythmn. It can allay the anxieties of a lot of prospective fathers to be who are in the waiting rooms in hospitals awaiting the births of their newborns. It can ease the labor pains of the mothers to be. They play classical music or instrumental ones in operating rooms. Eases the awareness of time on the surgeons and help to steady his hands. Music can lull the apprehensive patients to sleep and help with the anesthesia of the surgical patients.


You get some depressed kid to listen to depressing music and he will attempt suicide, I think some kids that like gangsta-rap music may think it appropriate to use vulgar language, degrade females or commit crimes with handguns because the music encourages those ideals.

For these mentally challenged people, YES music does affect and influence them. Our emotions and thoughts can certainly be affected by music.I hope I help you conjure up a lot of ideas on the effects of music one's psyche or way of thinking.

The following is my researched answer to a similar question on this subject matter:

What is the scientific explanation of why all people find some form of music pleasing?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

There are five elements of music:rhythmn, melody, pitch, harmony, and interval. Rhythmn is the pattern of movement and is the most fundamental,emotional, structural and organizational element of music. Rhythmn can influence structures in the brain such as the limbic system (center for emotions, sensations, feelings)thru creating a trace.

Melody is the ability to express moods, thoughts, ideas, and emotions in a non verbal form of communication.
There can be a broad spectrum of emotion from happy and calm to euphoria and tranquility . In a melody, certain intervals can invoke certain emotions. An example is a longer upward interval jump followed by a slow descending series of notes is considered more upbeat and happy. This can be heard in the song, Somewhere over the Rainbow in the movie ,Wizard of Oz. The most obvious element that changes music is melody ,while rhythmn is the most unconscious element to cause changes.

Pitch is the sound caused by vibrations. By increasing or decreasing vibrations, the pitch becomes higher or lower. The faster vibrations creating a higher pitch, is usually associated with cheerful and happy music. Whereas the slower vibrations creates a lower pitch which is associated with dreariness and depression. The fourth element,harmony is how the the pitches blend togetherto make one sound known as a musical chord. Depending on the intervals between the notes blending together, moods can be created. A major chord is normally associated with cheerful music, while a minor chord (lowering the middle note in a major chord is considered a sad and depressive type of music.

The last element is the interval which is the distance between each note ,effects by engaging the right hemisphere of the brain, which are the intuitive, creative and imaginative methods. These methods directly affect the limbic system . While listening to music, the vibratory motion that moves thru the auditory cortex goes diresctly to the limbic system.

Thru the limbic system, music has the ability to bring forth a broad range of emotional concerns. These different emotional conditions can cause changes in the cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and immune systems. Besides evoking emotions, music can act as a distractor or divert attention for stressful stimuli. A stress response stimulates the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine resulting in the increase in R, RR, B/P, and anxiety levels.

Music may act directly on the autonomic nervous systemwhen the stress response is interruped and anxiety levels are reduced. It is also thru that listening to music, releases endorphins,esp beta endorphins, the body's natural pain reliever, that have been associated with pleasant emotions and pain relief.

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good info.

Answer 3

I have listened to all kinds of music, it definitely affects who I hung around and where I hung out but I was still me in my head. I still had the same habits, likes and dislikes. If you are young and ignorant then it could give you stupid ideas that you think are good but its still your choice how you choose to think what you think.

Answer 4

Music effects more of how I feel. Some music makes me happy, some makes me angry, and some just is to painful to listen to.

Answer 5

i'm not saying this from studies, but from wat i heard and believe.
music does afffect the way u think. for example, many songs make people think that they're really cool. others sometimes lower ur self-esteem and make u not like something about u.

also, depending on how a singer dresses, it many times makes people think they must dress like that. like, if u see a singer wearing a shiny purple scarf, then everyone will rush to the store to get the same one....

Answer 6

The Trenchcoat Murderers at Columbine High School, http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1272.cfm & http://judicial-inc.biz/Col_Dwayne_Fuselier.htm

Some music has its place.

Answer 7

It doesn't really affect how you think it affects how you feel and that in return may affect how you think. I hope this helps

Answer 8

Yes, when I hear certain music, it makes me think about having sex. Which I then usually do.

Love jack

Answer 9

WHY U THINK EFFECT THE MUSIC, ANNOYS THE HELL OUT OF IT

Answer 10

unless is a Prince Album.... it surely will dumb you down!!!!!!!