Music therapy has been a thing for a while. But British researchers just hit upon some of the first concrete evidence that it’s actually, like, a thing.
According to Laura Donnelly at The Telegraph:
“Research presented to the the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference in Manchester found that listening to music with a repeated 10-second rhythm coincided with a fall in blood pressure, reducing the heart rate. Such recordings include Va Pensiero by Italian composer Giusuppe Verdi, Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony adagio[*].”
*They’re talking about the third movement here. (“Adagio” is just a fancy Italian word that means, “Yo, Mikey! Play this part kinda slowly!”
via Upworthy
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