This Is How Listening to Music Benefits Your Mental Health

Debbie Hampton
5 min readFeb 17, 2022
brain with musical notes graphic

It’s long been said that music is mind medicine. Advances in neuroscience and brain imaging are revealing what’s happening in the brain to prove this true.

Research shows that listening to music can reduce anxiety, depression, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood, memory, increase some cognitive functions, enhance learning and…

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