Effect of music on human perception

     Most people can experience mood changes while listening to different types of music. For example, if you listen to upbeat music, levels of dopamine in your body may arise. But what's more fascinating is that music can change our perception. Studies carried out by researcher Jacob Jolij and student Maaike Meurs show that music strongly affects human perception. During the experiment, subjects had to identify smileys while listening to different kinds of music. As it turns out, upbeat music resulted in much greater recognition of happy smileys, while having the same results with sad music and sad smileys. As you may suspect, a connection between music and human perception exceeds the recognition of smileys. Music can also affect one's tendency for violent actions. According to a UK study, both content and pattern of "drill" music "might be linked to attention-seeking crime". Violent music under specific conditions can encourage the listener to proceed in actions described in the lyrics of a particular song. To sum up, music as a huge part of a human life can strongly affect both human perception and actions.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110427101606.htm

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/08/health/music-brain-behavior-intl/index.html

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  1. englishdiaryApril 26, 2022 at 11:41 AM

    Knowing about this, why do people still create and listen to music that makes them depressed or violent?

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