A new study finds that engaging with music can help dial down aches and stings. Discover more from the story below.
. It activates reward regions of the brain that overlap with pain relief centers, and it helps us regulate emotions that correspond to pain perception.
The researchers teamed up with a composer to write a piece that slowly intensified, then ended with a sense of release. They removed different melody components and percussion to simplify that track. That yielded two pieces that shared the same musical parts but differed in complexity. People who thought they chose the song had reduced pain intensity, but not unpleasantness, and people that regularly engaged with music benefited the most. Meanwhile, song complexity didn’t affect the outcome.
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