Scientists have proven that listening to music negatively affects sleep
Music is an integral part of the life of modern society. Some people listen to it every day for hours on end and before bed.
It is widely believed that listening to melodic songs helps you fall asleep faster and make you sleep better. But research by scientists from Baylor University (America) refuted this data.
Experts conducted an experiment in which 199 volunteers took part. The subjects answered a number of questions related to listening to music: regularity, quality and stylistic direction. In one of the categories of the questionnaire, the participants indicated how often they encountered the state of "obsessive" melodies that arise before going to bed, during a night's sleep or after waking up.
The team then examined the sleep of 50 volunteers using a polysomnograph. Before going to bed, the participants were given a number of musical compositions to listen to: in the original version and the instrumental one.
Fluctuations in brain activity and changes in heart rate have shown that bedtime music does affect the body.
Intrusive repetitions of melodies provoke more shallow sleep. Reactivation of the memories of listened to melodies causes spontaneous awakening. This is due to the fact that after a person goes to sleep, the brain processes the information received from music for several hours in a row.
Most likely, the statement that music makes you sleep better is based only on the subjective experience of people. Therefore, the authors of the study recommend refusing to listen to musical compositions just before bedtime. And in cases where a certain song is still "stuck" in the head, cognitive tasks will help get rid of it. They will force the brain to focus on something else. For example, drawing up the schedule for the next day.
But during the day, good and high-quality music really helps to relax or, on the contrary, gives energy. You can purchase musical equipment with which you can enjoy these processes in the section "Audio equipment and accessories".
It is widely believed that listening to melodic songs helps you fall asleep faster and make you sleep better. But research by scientists from Baylor University (America) refuted this data.
Experts conducted an experiment in which 199 volunteers took part. The subjects answered a number of questions related to listening to music: regularity, quality and stylistic direction. In one of the categories of the questionnaire, the participants indicated how often they encountered the state of "obsessive" melodies that arise before going to bed, during a night's sleep or after waking up.
The team then examined the sleep of 50 volunteers using a polysomnograph. Before going to bed, the participants were given a number of musical compositions to listen to: in the original version and the instrumental one.
Fluctuations in brain activity and changes in heart rate have shown that bedtime music does affect the body.
Intrusive repetitions of melodies provoke more shallow sleep. Reactivation of the memories of listened to melodies causes spontaneous awakening. This is due to the fact that after a person goes to sleep, the brain processes the information received from music for several hours in a row.
Most likely, the statement that music makes you sleep better is based only on the subjective experience of people. Therefore, the authors of the study recommend refusing to listen to musical compositions just before bedtime. And in cases where a certain song is still "stuck" in the head, cognitive tasks will help get rid of it. They will force the brain to focus on something else. For example, drawing up the schedule for the next day.
But during the day, good and high-quality music really helps to relax or, on the contrary, gives energy. You can purchase musical equipment with which you can enjoy these processes in the section "Audio equipment and accessories".
