Worth Repeating: The Power of Music Therapy

WORTH-REPEATING“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 6/7/13:

A new study indicates that music therapy may reduce anxiety more than drugs before surgery. “According to [neuroscientist Daniel] Levitin, music may cause neurons in the primitive part of the brain, called the brain steam, to sync with the beat. A slow beat leads to relaxation and a quicker beat increases focus and alertness.” Read more here.

 

 

 

 

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