There is an old saying that “music tames the beasts” and has a powerful effect on us. You walk down the street, immersed in your everyday problems and suddenly you hear a song; few agreements are enough to embark on a journey back in time and bring back forgotten memories. A simple melody is able to awaken your emotions, make you smile and forget for a moment the worries of everyday life.
Oscar Wilde said: “The art of music is the one that gets closer to crying and remembrance. “Music is not a resource that should be used only to awaken our feelings, but also to promote learning and improve memory. These findings are the result of several studies conducted by researchers around the world on the effect of music on us.
- Recent Research from Alluri has shown that music activates large areas of our brain.
- When we listen to a song.
- The listening.
- Limbic and motor areas are activated.
- No matter what musical style we hear.
Argentine composer Léon Gieco said that “music is a broad thing, without limits, without borders and without flags”. This universality makes music a resource for learning foreign languages. This conclusion was drawn after observing a group of people studying Hungarian. The experiment revealed that students who learned this language by singing the phrases got a better result. These studies have led researchers to consider that music stimulates the brain and improves our memory.
Another scientific revelation confirms a fact that we all already know: to travel back in time, especially when we want to evoke memories of our adolescence, which is one of the most striking phases of people’s lives, we use music, according to data published by Krumhansl
According to Krumhansl, “music transmitted from generation to generation forms our autobiographical memories, preferences and emotional reactions”, a phenomenon we call a clash of reminiscences. These new discoveries show the influence of music on children.
So enjoy and make the most of the powerful effect of music on our lives. As Nietzsche said, “without music, life would be a mistake. “