Music Therapy: Healthy Melodies

Music is more than pleasure or entertainment. This allows us to see scientific works as striking as a recent study by the University of California that ensures that most people associate melodies with different colors, depending on the emotions They transmit to us. Treble and fast melodies, for example, are linked to colors such as yellow and orange.

Music also awakens similar emotions at the universal level, regardless of our origin, according to another work by the Max Planck Institute in Germany. And, in this line, it is also curious that while in different cultures babies are spoken in different ways, nannies always resemble each other, using high tones and slow rhythms.

The potential of music therapy

"Music is the means to express yourself emotionally and to communicate, for example, for people with some language problem, " says Sergio González, promoter of Centro Anayet, an entity that has received funding from Triodos Bank. Accredited by the Community of Madrid as a center of early care for children between 0 and 6 years, music therapy joins in this space other specialties such as speech therapy, psychology or physiotherapy to intervene as soon as possible when developmental disorders or risk of suffering them.

Live music is beneficial for the development of premature babies, calming their breathing and improving their diet, according to a recent study conducted in 11 hospitals in the United States

With music it is possible to facilitate both relaxation and, on the contrary, stimulation, expression and socialization.

From other initiatives they also know the therapeutic potential of melodies. “Through music, magic and laughter, we mobilize emotions and release the tensions of patients, family members and staff of the centers, making humor part of the therapeutic process, ” explains Josep Lluís Vidal Planas, of the Smile entity Doctor, whose work in hospitals we previously highlighted in Humor as therapy, in this blog.

Music and Alzheimer's

In cases like those of people with Alzheimer's, music is also revealing itself as a promising therapy to achieve an improvement in the quality of life.

"Cognitive stimulation, physical exercise or music can help these patients, " said Javier Olazarán, a neurologist and researcher at the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer's Center on the occasion of the 1st International Symposium on Social and Health Research in Alzheimer's Disease.

Put more music into our life

On the other hand, music is also positive in general for people who do not suffer a disease. In a similar way to theater and other artistic and expressive disciplines, musical activities are another opportunity to develop creativity and have fun. This is what they understand in Music for all, a company that offers a whole symphony of activities, from music workshops for companies, to concerts and initiatives that unite music and social integration.

It always seems a good time to put more music into our lives.

Source : http://www.somostriodos.com/

Music therapy: healthy melodies