Over the break the kids were supposed to pay attention to when, where, and how often they heard music. In class we discussed the results of this little study, and how much our lives are affected by music. We also discussed what life would be like without music, not just on the radio, but everywhere.
Music affects our lives in general, and it also affects our brains. We looked at a study that shows some specific ways that our brains our affected by music.
The study showed that listening to a particular type of music(happy or sad) can affect the way we percieve certain situations, or interpret people's expressions. Even if they are nuetral, we may see them as happy or sad based on the music we were listening to. Listening to loud music can impair your creativity, but so can silence, moderate level music seems to be just right to get the creative juices flowing. We also talked about the connections between music we like to listen to, and our personality.
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