People who play emotionally read music better

Singers and guitarists are really more sensitive than us. A new study shows that people trained in music are better able to read emotions in sound.

In fact, the sooner they start practicing music and the more years of music experience, the better their nervous system reads emotions in sound.

Neuroscientists have asked 30 people to watch a natural movie with subtitles while listening to a childlike clip crying 250 milliseconds. Using electrodes, the researchers measured the sensitivity of those people to sound, especially the intricate part of moving touching content.

Scientists found that music players can directly feel the emotional aspect of sound, while those who do not play music cannot perceive the sound so easily.

Dana Strait, a graduate student at Northwestern University and the lead author of the paper, published the findings of the study in the European Journal of Neuroscience, saying: 'Their brains react more quickly and accurately than they do. with the brains of people who don't play music. We realize that this translates into an emotional feeling '.

The sooner you start to practice music and the more years of music experience, the better the auditory system of the music player reads in the sound. (Photo: Dreamstime)

The sound aspect that music players handle effectively is also the factor that people with speech disorders, such as difficulty reading and autism, do not understand.

Nina Kraus, a neuroscientist, said: 'It is not without a basis to say that the musical experience is very beneficial for children with language disorder disorder.'

This is not the first study to find a connection between music and emotions. Previous research has shown that people who are familiar with a piece of music tend to feel shudder or goose bumps when the music is performed, indicating that they perceive the music more deeply. Another study found that even babies can distinguish sad and funny songs, showing their ability to perceive emotions in music to a completely natural way for people.

Strait said: 'Knowing your emotions quickly and accurately is a skill in every environment, such as in the forest with predators, in class or, or in bed'.