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How Music Can Influence Thoughts

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25.07.2024

Music can be used as a tool for emotional empowerment, such as enhanced mood and motivation. Music has an immediate effect on us. It has a unique power to elicit moments of intense emotional reactions, such as tears, chills and thrills, or goosebumps. The simple act of listening to a favorite song can alter our mood, triggering old memories.

Emotions typically occur with evaluations of events that tell us how significant the events are in relation to our goals. For example, happiness tells us we are doing well, and fear warns us of danger, even though the beliefs involved may not be accurate.

Likewise, our thought process can be influenced systematically by music. Inspiring music can instantly shift one’s mood from sadness toward a more hopeful feeling. On the other hand, sad-sounding music may arouse more calm or depressive thoughts. Evidence has shown that people who had listened to happy music evaluated themselves more positively than people........

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