is there scientific proof that music does not alter our moods?
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No, but then again the answer would be very subjective depending on the music and who is listening.
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Music helps with your mood and relaxes you and puts you in good spirits and helps with your blood pressure and general  well being..
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In Nursing school we actually did a study where we had subjects listen to a selected 3 songs, classical, nature sounds, and heavy metal (my personal favorite).  We found that the pulse and BP of subjects for the most part decreased or remained the same for the nature sounds and classical, but more interesting was that people who like heavy metal actually had a reduction of pulse and BP while people that didn't like metal had an increase in pulse and BP in mostly males but there were some females too.  Not sure if it pertains to your question but it was interesting,
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The definition of music as sound with particular characteristics is taken as a given by psychoacoustics, and is a common in musicology and performance. There are observable patterns to what is broadly labeled music, and while there are understandable cultural variations, the properties of music are the properties of sound as perceived and processed by humans.\n\nGreek philosophers and medieval theorists defined music as tones ordered horizontally (as melodies) and vertically (as harmonies). Music theory, within this realm, is studied with the presupposition that music is orderly and often pleasant to hear. However, in the 20th century, composers challenged the notion that music had to be pleasant by creating music that explored harsher, darker timbres.\n\n20th century composer Austin Paul Harris disagreed with the notion that music was pleasant melodies. Instead, he argued that any sounds we can hear can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound," [citation needed]. According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez (1990 p.47-8,55): "The border between music and noise is always culturally defined--which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be."\n\nOther definitions of music list the aspects or elements that make up music. Molino (1975: 43) argues that, in addition to a lack of consensus, "any element belonging to the total musical fact can be isolated, or taken as a strategic variable of musical production." Nattiez gives as examples Mauricio Kagel's Con Voce [with voice], where a masked trio silently mimes playing instruments. In this example sound, a common element, is excluded, while physical gesture, a less common element in definitions of music, is given primacy.\n\nEtymology\n\nFrench musique ← Latin (ars) musica ← Greek μουσική (τέχνη) "(art) of the Muses".
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Yes, it does.  Rock music helps me relax and it also has helped me study.  Concerts are the best; I come away filled with profound thoughts (and no, it's not all the weed being smoked).
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Plants have no ears to hear and no brain to process or develop musical taste or music appreciation...so any attempts to show relationships between music forms and growth or other responses have met with total failure in the hands of true scientists. This explains the lack of literature for you to read on the subject. Yes there are some quack "scientists" who have claimed that certain kinds of music caused improvements in plant growth...but no such claims have met the rigor demanded for publication in respected journals. Such projects are often labeled "pseudoscience" because they fail to explain the control of critical variables, nor do they specify replication levels, nor do they show actual data or the results of statistical testing.\nThere really is not much good information about the effect of music on plants because all attempts to do controlled studies on plants and music result in "no difference". Any "differences" between a music treatment and a no-music control (or other-music treatment) in pseudoscience studies can almost always be attributed to some difference in other variables in the project which have not been suitably controlled (light, water, fertilizer, soil type, humidity, etc.). So, as for the TV shows and trade-books, not all "science" is good science. Beyond seismonasty in species like Mimosa pudica described below, there are no articles on musical appreciation or musical tastes of plants in reputable science journals. Some trade books and even some educational texts and software have given projects on musical appreciation by plants more respectability than is deserved. These are good examples of "not everything you read in print is to be believed." It is possible for a plant to respond to the vibrations accompanying sounds. A short bibliography at the bottom of this page gives you some references...but to almost "nothing to report." I emphasize again that while there ARE responses to sound/vibration in plants, there is NO controlled study published on the MUSICAL TASTES or MUSIC APPRECIATION by plants in reputable journals. One plant that responds to sound-induced vibration is Mimosa pudica, also known as the "sensitive plant." Vibrations induce electrical signals across the leaflets of this plant, and cells at the base of the leaflets respond to these action potentials osmotically. This response results in a sharp change in the turgor pressure in these pulvinus cells, and that pressure change, in turn, results in the folding of the blade at the pulvinus. Another pulvinus at the base of the petiole may also respond if the vibration is severe enough. This kind of response is known as seismonasty.How would this plant respond in terms of growth if its leaves were kept closed by constant vibration? If you think very long about photosynthesis in leaves as the driving force for growth, you will realize that continuous leaflet closure would inhibit rather than stimulate the growth of the plant. Indeed loud sounds (vibrations really) have been reported to negatively impact plant growth .If the experiments are conducted in a scientific way then study will not be pseudo science.
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I'm a teen, and I don't think music affects a teen's mind. I listen to "depressing" music, and I am perfectly happy. It really depends on the person though. If the person listening to the music is already depressed, it could have some influence on them. I don't think it would be so influencing that one would kill themselves because of a song...
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Agreed.  Life does have it's own background music.  Unique for each person, but only audible if one is wise enough to stop and listen to it.  My life music for today would be "The Scientist" followed by "Don't Panic" both by Coldplay.
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Well the weather has great effect on the human mind...\n\nFor example when the moon is full it has been proven that humans have more mood swings...Your more likly to run into someone grumpy and irritated on a full moon...Whats really funny is that its not actually the moon...the moon changes the tides of the ocean...And thats what causes the mood swings...\n\nNow lets take your example...When it is bad weather outside...Most of the time humans feel bored,sad, or even lonly....The feel stuck inside,helpless, or even sleepy.....There are the occasional few that love the rain and want to go and play in it...But most rather not...Those fellings are because of the decision of staying inside...\n\nIn conclusion the weather effects the desicions that a human may make...And depending on the decision you make will set your mood and thought process...\n\nSo go play in the rain...Youll see what i mean...
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Amazingly, it seems that it does.\nCheck http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/107555304322849039\nhttp://sps.nus.edu.sg/~tanshenm/2172.pdf\nApparently it's about the volume and not related to a type of music.
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Music can be a lot more powerful then we realize. Yes, I am very affected by music.
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I am a librarian, so I took a look in some psychology research databases and found these articles that deal with studies on the effect of music in the workplace (some articles are dedicated to the effects of music in work environments, and some only have portions about music in the workplace). Go to your local library for help locating copies to read. \n\nHere they are:\n\nBlair, M. E., & Shimp, T. A. (1992). Consequences of an unpleasant experience with music: A second-order negative conditioning perspective. Journal of Advertising, 21, 35-43.\n\nBradley, D. (1981). Music and social science: A survey. Media, Culture and Society, 3, 205-218.\n\nBrentar, J. E., Neuendorf, K. A., & Armstrong, G. B. (1994). Exposure effects and affective responses to music. Communication Monographs, 61, 161-181.\n\nDeihl, E. R., Schneider, M. J., & Petress, K. (1983). Dimensions of music preference: A factor analytic study. Popular Music and Society, 9(3), 41-49.\n\nDixon, R. D. (1980). Suggested scales for the measurement of musical involvement and genre tastes. Popular Music and Society, 7, 223-244.\n\nDollinger, S. J. (1993). Research note: Personality and music preference: Extraversion and excitement seeking or openness to experience? Psychology of Music, 21, 73-77.\n\nGromko, J. E. (1993). Perceptual differences between expert and novice music listeners: A multidimensional scaling analysis. Psychology Of Music, 21, 34-47.\n\nHargreaves, D. J. (1982). Preference and prejudice in music: A psychological approach. Popular Music and Society, 8, 14-18.\n\nHolbrook, M. R., & Schindler, R. M. (1989). Some exploratory findings on the development of musical tastes. Journal of Consumer Research, 16, 119-124.\n\nJones, S. C., & Schumacher, T. G. (1992). Muzak: On functional music and power. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 9, 156-169.\n\nKellaris, J. J., & Rice, R. C. (1993). The influence of tempo, loudness and gender of listener on responses to music. Psychology and Marketing, 10, 15-30.\n\nLewis, G. H. (1991). Who do you love? The dimensions of musical taste. In James Lull (Ed.), Popular music and communication (pp. 134-151). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.\n\nLull, J. (1985). On the communicative properties of music. Communication Research, 12, 363-372.\n\nRhodes, L. A., David, D. C., & Combs, A. L. (1988). Absorption and enjoyment of music. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 66, 737-738.\n\nRussell, P. A. (1987). Effects of repetition on the familiarity and likability of popular music recordings. Psychology of Music, 15, 33-43.\n\nSmith, T. W. (1994). Generational differences in musical preferences. Popular Music and Society, 18(2), 43-60.\n\nWanamaker, C. E., & Reznikoff, M. (1989). Effects of aggressive and non-aggressive rock songs on projective and structured tests. Journal of Psychology, 123, 561-570.\n\nWells, A., & Hakanen, E. A. (1991). The emotional use of popular music by adolescents. Journalism Quarterly, 68, 445-454.
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Language and music are universal among human cultures. Both involve organized acoustic\nsequences and engage complex cognitive and motor processes. The relationship\nbetween language and music has long interested scholars across a broad range of disciplines,\nfrom linguistics to neuroscience.,scientists have proved a grate dynamic between language and music,by the way musicologists and linguists have often suggested that the prosody of a culture’s spoken language\ncan influence the structure of its instrumental music. However, empirical data supporting this idea\nhave been lacking. This has been partly due to the difficulty of developing and applying comparable\nquantitative measures to melody and rhythm in speech and music. This study uses a recently developed\nmeasure for the study of speech rhythm to compare rhythmic patterns in English and\nFrench language and classical music. We find that English and French musical themes are significantly\ndifferent in this measure of rhythm, which also differentiates the rhythm of spoken English\nand French.,so it is absolute interaction between music and learning language.
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You could play different music for people and have them write down what they instantly think of when they hear it.  It would give you insight to the brain.  But it would give you insight to people in general as well.  Then you could place all your answers together and analyze it and report your findings.  You'd need to do this on many people, just a few won't tell you much.  This is more psychology than neuroscience, but maybe it would work.
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I think this is related to the so-called "pathetic fallacy": the idea that a person's moods are connected with the weather and so on.  (Nowadays, it doesn't seem like so much of a fallacy!)
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Wow, you are the first person expressing what I have been feeling all of my life.  I have been diagnosed as being bi-polar.  I too am very creative musically.  The only thing that really helps me is medication and by smoking pot.  Unfortunately if I dont do these things, life is just blah for me.  Seek professional help and seek a good couselor.  All of the above has worked for me.
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Of course there are many kinds of music and not all will necessarily relieve your stress.  Music often exhibits a steady beat as does your heart.  It has been noted that slow music can actually slow your heartbeat causing you to relax.  A low sound volume would also be less stressful than loud music.  Playing music that you especially enjoy, perhaps classical music, may command your attention diverting you from other cares.\n\nMusic often consistes of intricate harmonies wherein many instruments, including vocals, produce a highly pleasing effect.  This is quite different compared with noise, such as the screeching sound of chalk on a blackboard or the bone-rattling sound of a pneumatic drill tearing up pavement outside your window.\n\nAlso, if you are a musician, playing your instrument may bring you the great pleasure of accomplishment, bringing much relaxation.  Was it Congrieve who said that music has the power to soothe the savage breast?  Or was it the savage beast?