Music Heals the Soul, and Mind
“Music heals the soul,” so the old saying says. Recent studies show that the healing power of music is effective to the mind, too.
A new Finnish study found out that music speeds stroke recovery i.e. listening to their favorite music helps stroke patients recover mental function and makes them less depressed and confused.
Music is said to stimulate neural networks. The music group in this research was provided with CD players and CDs of their favorite music in any musical genre and let them listened to it for at least one hour every day for the first two months after their stroke.
Results showed that verbal memory improved significantly higher in the patients (by 60%) who listened to their favorite music than to audio diaries (18%) and non-listeners (29%) after 3 weeks.
However, further studies are needed for validation of this research.
