Music for brain health

ResearchMusic Appreciation
Written By Edward Wolfe

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

The effects of music on brain health are beginning to be well documented. From the Harvard Medical School, we learn that music brings a sense of emotional fulfillment and the release of tension. Listening to classical music (Mozart) can reduce the frequency of seizures in some people with epilepsy.

From Johns Hopkins medicine, we learn that “research has shown that listening to music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood, mental alertness, and memory.”

Dr. Michael Gregor, whose NutritionFacts.org is a goldmine of carefully-researched information about food and health, reported in this 4 1/2 minute video that listening to Mozart, as compared with Heavy Metal music, can improve brain function, as well as reduce anxiety and stress hormones.

Music—at least some kinds of music—is good for the soul. The beautiful second movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto 21 would certainly bear this out.

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Edward Wolfe

Edward Wolfe has been a fan of Christian apologetics since his teenage years, when he began seriously to question the truth of the Bible and the reality of Jesus. About twenty years ago, he started noticing that Christian evidences roughly fell into five categories, the five featured on this website.
Although much of his professional life has been in Christian circles (12 years on the faculties of Pacific Christian College, now a part of Hope International University, and Manhattan Christian College and also 12 years at First Christian Church of Tempe), much of his professional life has been in public institutions (4 years at the University of Colorado and 19 years at Tempe Preparatory Academy).
His formal academic preparation has been in the field of music. His bachelor degree was in Church Music with a minor in Bible where he studied with Roger Koerner, Sue Magnusson, Russel Squire, and John Rowe; his master’s was in Choral Conducting where he studied with Howard Swan, Gordon Paine, and Roger Ardrey; and his doctorate was in Piano Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature, where he also studied group dynamics, humanistic psychology, and Gestalt theory with Guy Duckworth.
He and his wife Louise have four grown children and six grandchildren.

https://WolfeMusicEd.com
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