The Connection of Music with Human Psychology

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The aim of this paper is to discuss the connection of music with the human
psychology. From ancient times, music has been the part of culture, community and existence
of people around the world. It has been the simplest way of communicating the most complex
matter. Through music, human beings can relate with their past and present, engage
themselves in understanding their psychological needs and indulge their hearts desire
according to moods. Music has been the most important and most celebrated medium of
communicating things to a large part of population and influence people in numerous ways.
Music is the expression of love, sadness, exultation, faith, knowledge and most
importantly, pleasure. From the ancient period of time when music only had the form of
rhythm, human beings have been connected with it. At that point of time, music used to be
associated with mainly the religiosity and recreation (Särkämö et al. 2016). With the growth
of language and civilization, more complicated emotions have become the subject matter of
the songs or music. Now there is a close connection with the human brain with the music and
it is capable to regulate the human brain easily than any other psychological therapy.
This the reason why the music therapy among the autism patients has gained
popularity. Just as the child can learn fast the rhythmic process of their childhood rhymes,
can also learn and memories the poems better when that listen to their form of song. Music
connect the children with their parents and create an in-depth memory that remain in their
memory for long period of time. Music has been the most effective way to reach the god
since ancient periods of time, similarly has been the path the reach the psychology of people.
This paper will discuss the article “The Fascinating Ways That Music Affects Your Mood
and Mind”, by Barry Goldstein as the chief literature to review and will support or contradict
the points of view of the author by discussing other literature on the same subject.
According to Barry Goldstein (2019), the human brain has a close and deep
connection with the music in all its forms. It is capable to feel the emotion of the music,

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connect the past with present and heal the brain injuries even. According to this author, there
are four ways that music can affect the human brain. This article discusses the methods and
processes how music and effect the mood mainly brain by increasing the memory, emotion,
learning, attention and neuroplasticity. There are many ways that the music engage with the
brain and how musical program can enhance certain functions of brain. It is a well-known
fact that music can stimulate emotion through particular brain circuits. For example when and
a Child listens to rhythmic music he begins to you dance pause miles and experiences an
uplifted feelings of joy from that music disturb in most of the cases parent and child can
connect through music like lullaby. A mother’s lullaby is capable to release Oxytocin which
is called cuddle hormone that calms down a crying baby. According to author the research
indicates that music can I fit mode through producing a range of beneficial molecules in the
biological pharmacy. In addition to this the process of listening to music can higher emotions
and increase amount of dopamine which is a particular neurotransmitter produced in brain
and help to control the reward and pleasure centers of the brain. This is why this process is
used in music therapy where the music is used a mode of communication for increasing
emotional understanding in the autistic children. The emotional stimulus gets influenced by a
special kind of music or a song which one can easily related to is capable to enhance emotion
experienced from the heart. Music affects the brain as well as the heart therefore the
researchers are finding innovative ways to utilize songs to create emotional understanding
among people.
It can be said that music is related to emotion this is why various genres and types of
songs are being created depending upon the mood and emotion, the demand of music have
increased. People listen to sad songs like the compositions of Beethoven to connect the
universal sadness and listen to Pharrell Williams to enjoy the energy. According to the author
memory is also connected with music. The most important example in this aspect can be the