How can music be used as medicine?

By: Matt Bozone

Introduction

• How many of you have noticed the effects different types of music has on you?

• Music use as medicine can be really effective and have lots of effects like relaxant, antidepressant, memory loss, and even as a pain reliever.

Music Therapy

• Music that is arranges in special ways to trigger neurons in your brain

• Parkinson's and stroke patients react very well to highly rhythmic music.

More music theory

• A different type of music therapy can be used to help with memory loss.

• this type uses a simple tune and puts something you want to remember to it.

• used with Alzheimer's and dementia patients

Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDXuCE7LeQ

Antidepressant

• Best music for this is classical music. • The music increases the dopamine levels in

your brain.

Pain Reliever

• pain effects us like through stress, memories of past, and pain hormones.

• Music lowers the stress• Less stress = less pain hormones released• Music takes mind off of past pains

Conclusion

• Music has many more benefits than just the joy of listening to it.

• Music can be used as medicine and its FREE.