Ascoltare il proprio brano preferito, canticchiare il ritornello che evoca una canzone della nostra infanzia, fischiettare per rilassarsi, per ritrovare il buon umore o la giusta carica, o più semplicemente per evadere con la mente. Che la musica stimoli in noi emozioni e ricordi è noto a tutti, ma negli ultimi anni anche la scienza ha confermato gli importanti effetti benefici su mente e corpo.
The well-being we feel when we listen to a piece of music is due, according to experts, to the ability that music has to activate the “neuronal networks” related to pleasure in the brain . Listening to your favorite music triggers the production of endorphins in the brain and lowers the level of cortisol (substance linked to stress), improving mood and well-being of our mind. This process also helps children learn and improves memory.
Interesting findings with Music!
The researchers of the Bicocca University of Milan together with the scholars of the CNR (National Research Council) have discovered that music not only improves control over emotions, but increases the ability to concentrate, learn and read especially in children. The result emerged from two separate tests in which brain activity patterns could be observed in a first group, made up of child musicians and in a second group of non-musicians. Both groups were involved in a series of reading and memory tests through texts and images or concepts projected on video. By applying an electromagnetic neuro-imaging technique it has been observed that during the analysis of alphabetic or numerical symbols, children without musical knowledge activated only the brain regions dedicated to language and speech located in the left hemisphere, while in musicians these regions were activated in both hemispheres.
