A Totally Natural Antidepressant
Years ago Daniel Levitin was a producer who worked with Stevie Wonder, the Grateful Dead and Chris Isaak.
He got disillusioned with the music business and switched to a career in neuroscience.
Now he’s one of the world’s experts in how music affects your mind.
Levitin was asked recently what the link is between music and emotion in the brain.
He replied, ‘Music activates the same parts of the brain and causes the same neurochemical cocktail as a lot of other pleasurable activities - like orgasms or eating chocolate. Or if you're a gambler winning a bet, or using drugs if you're a drug user. Serotonin and dopamine are both involved.’
So, could music then be used as a natural antidepressant.
‘It is already,’ he said. Most people in Western society use music to regulate moods, whether it's playing something peppy in the morning or something soothing at the end of a hard day, or something that will motivate them to exercise. Joni Mitchell told me that someone once said before there was Prozac, there was her.’
That begs the question. How do you know which song will do what to your mind.
Conclusive studies done by researchers worldwide give us the answer – high frequency classical music wins hands down every time.
Unlike any drug, once you’ve got the music, you keep it for life. No prescription refills necessary.
It’s a no-brainer, really.
Discover the The Secret Power of Words and Music yourself and get into a great mood anywhere, anytime.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
P.S. A good mood is like a beautiful smile. It lights up your day and everyone who comes into contact with you. Positively charged music does the same thing. Naturally. Instantly. Get your drug free musical anti-depressant now.
He got disillusioned with the music business and switched to a career in neuroscience.
Now he’s one of the world’s experts in how music affects your mind.
Levitin was asked recently what the link is between music and emotion in the brain.
He replied, ‘Music activates the same parts of the brain and causes the same neurochemical cocktail as a lot of other pleasurable activities - like orgasms or eating chocolate. Or if you're a gambler winning a bet, or using drugs if you're a drug user. Serotonin and dopamine are both involved.’
So, could music then be used as a natural antidepressant.
‘It is already,’ he said. Most people in Western society use music to regulate moods, whether it's playing something peppy in the morning or something soothing at the end of a hard day, or something that will motivate them to exercise. Joni Mitchell told me that someone once said before there was Prozac, there was her.’
That begs the question. How do you know which song will do what to your mind.
Conclusive studies done by researchers worldwide give us the answer – high frequency classical music wins hands down every time.
Unlike any drug, once you’ve got the music, you keep it for life. No prescription refills necessary.
It’s a no-brainer, really.
Discover the The Secret Power of Words and Music yourself and get into a great mood anywhere, anytime.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
P.S. A good mood is like a beautiful smile. It lights up your day and everyone who comes into contact with you. Positively charged music does the same thing. Naturally. Instantly. Get your drug free musical anti-depressant now.
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