Monday, February 16, 2009

Music heals more than just your soul......

I found a recent article (and book)that talked about the healing power of music.

An article by Maryl Davids Landau says it turns out the same researchers that proved laughter has a positive physical effect on the cardivasular system did some tests with music and found that subjects blood vessels expanded an average of 26% while listening to joyful music for 30 minutes and narrowed 6% when hearing music that created anxiety.

Additional research has also show music (and laughter) to lower blood pressure.
So play your favorite song and have a good laugh!
:o)

Oliver Sacks wrote a fascenating book that explores music and the effect it has on the brain and nervous system. He is a well known author and Neurologist that wrote the book "Awakenings" which was turned into a move with Robert De Niro and Robin Williams.




The book is called Musicophilia and I highly recommend it!

http://www.musicophila.com/

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