Ricardo Diaz

Mrs. Biswas
RWS 1301
October 13, 2014
Benson, E. (2003, July 13). You Are What You Listen To. Retrieve from
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug03/listen.aspx
This website contributes in the idea of how music defines one in their life.
How it influence and how it reveals part of someones life. Music is one of many
ways humans express themselves towards anyone. We can learn a lot about
personality by looking at everyday life, and music preference is just one facet of
everyday life says Jason Rentfrow, a graduate student at The University of Texas
at Austin. Mr. E. Benson gives a brief description about the positive influences
between music genre, People who listen to "reflective and complex" music, for
example, score highly on openness to new experiences, verbal ability, selfperceived intelligence and political liberalism, while people who listen to "upbeat
and conventional" music score highly on extraversion, self-perceived physical
attractiveness, athleticism and political conservatism. Benson E. (2003, July 13).
You are What You Listen To. Retrieve October 15. This are some positive
characteristics that music reveals in each person and it could be found by the genre
and mood of each melody.
Parker-Pope, Tara. Under the Influence of Music? New York Times 5 February.
2008: 5. Print.

Music has a positive influence in humanity however, it does not has

only positive influence. Parker-Pope states the connectivity between drugs abuse
and a melody, One in three popular songs contains explicit references to drug or
alcohol use, according to a new report in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine. That means kids are receiving about 35 references to substance abuse for
every hour of music they listen to, the authors determined (Paker-Pope pg.5). The
history of music has involve drugs or negative influence along the new creations of
melodys and sounds. According to Parker-Pope, there is more effect in music than
in films, Although music lacks the visual element of film, adolescent exposure to
music is much more frequent, accounting for an average of 16 hours each week for
music compared with about 6 hours each week for movie images, according to the
study authors.
Tarko, V. (2006, September 20). Musical Training Improves The Memory of Young
Children. Retrieve from http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Music-InfluencesBrain-Development-36063.shtml
Dr. Laurel Trainor a professor of psychology lead a team to investigate the
difference that music could made in a kids brain. Music could be the cause of many
changes humans, but in this time it was the incrementing in knowledge and the
facility in learning using music methods. Tarko approves the success of Dr. Laurel
since the beginning, Scientists have discovered that music training has significant
influences on the brain development of young children leading to improved memory
over the course of a year. The fact that musical training changes the way the brain
reacts to music might not be very surprising, but researchers also found that the
musically trained children performed better in a memory test that is correlated with

other skills such as literacy, verbal memory, visiospatial processing, mathematics

and intelligence Tarko, V. (2006, September20). Musical Training Imporves The
Memory of young Children. Retrieve October 16. Intellectual abilities are being
developed by the use of music. Once again music has ways to impact humanity and
in this case, the sounds and rhythms of a symphony gave the human brain the
facility to increase its knowledge.
Cherry, K. (2008). Music and Personality. Retrieve from
http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/music-andpersonality.htm
Music can define personality as well, Mrs. Kendra cherry a psychology expert
explains the concept in which music can reveal who you are. Mrs. Kendra made an
investigation in which other researchers reveal the next researchers found that
people could make accurate judgments about an individual's levels of extraversion,
creativity and open-mindedness after listening to ten of their favorite songs.
Cherry, K. (2008) Music and Personality. Retrieve October 16, 2014. Songs are the
time artifacts of the world, they take us to a specific moment in our life either in the
past preset and even future. Songs could also give the most common descriptions
like, low and high self-esteem and creativeness.
Feiles, N. (2014, June 24).How Music Impacts, Helps Our Emotions. Retrieve From
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/06/26/how-music-impacts-helps-ouremotions/
Music is the mirror of our souls and our feelings. Often people listen to
upbeat music when they are comfortable or happy and downbeat when they are

sad or depress. Feiles confirms the effect of music in our everyday life, Music
unquestionably affects our emotions. We tend to listen to music that reflects our mood.
When were happy we may listen to upbeat music; when were sad we may listen to slower,
moving songs; when were angry we may listen to darker music with heavy guitar, drums,
and vocals that reflect our level of anger Feiles, N. (2014, June 24). How Music Impacts,

Helps Our Emotions. Retrieved October 17, 2014. Music can surge the feelings and
emotions you are going through most of the time. This could also be helpful for a selfexploration which is getting to know more about yourself. Have you ever asked yourself
who you are? Well music can teach you about unconscious elements in your emotional
structure. We often keep many things inside of us such as secrets and pain and mostly
memories. Despite the fact that we isolate each other to the people that surrounds us,
a melody could show the best and the worst of us making music more like a mirror.
Mannes, E. (2011, June 01). Excerpt: The Power of music. Retrieve From
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/01/136859090/the-power-of-music-to-affect-the-brain
As the world evolves with all kinds of soundsScience all but confirms that
humans are hard-wired to respond to music. Studies also suggest that someday music
may even help patients heal from Parkinson's disease or a stroke and melodys, Science
has made a hypothesis in which music could be a cure for Parkinsons disease,
Mannes, E. (2011, June 01). The power of music. Retrieve October 17, 2014. The tones
and the rhythm has become very powerful and our brains are evolving with it. Music
became more than just sounds and it surge as a medical source. According to Mrs.
Mannes music has the power to change patients to a point where it could help persons
regain the ability to speak. It is clearly seen that music is more than just a delightful
mystery.

Macdonald, F. (2014, March 10). Ear assault in Ukraine: Music as a weapon. Retrieve
From http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140310-ear-assault-music-as-a-weapon
In property of wrong hands, anything could be dangerous. Unfortunately music
has fallen with the wrong type of people. Music can also be used for vantage in war for
example Mrs. Macdonald informs that at the battle of the Alamo there was music
involve to gain vantage, At the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, the Mexican General Santa
Anna played El Degello, a song that appealed to the enemy to surrender or die by the
sword, in an attempt to frighten the Texan defenders into either fleeing or
surrendering. It meant nobody survives, we kill everybody, says Friedman. When
you heard that, you knew the line had been drawn and youd die. Macdonald, F. (2014,
march 10). Ear assault In Ukraine: Music as a Weapon. Retrieve October 17, 2014.
Music has the power to confuse, to surge insecurity and even penetrate with fright.
There is no way someone could win a battle if you have already been beaten in your
mind.
Brown, Eryn. Music Really is like a drug Los Angeles Time 09 January, 2011: 3. Print.
Based on Los Angeles Times music can be so addictive that it could be seen as a
drug. Chills is the reaction of the drug called music and it has exist for thousands of
years. As a matter of fact chills involve dopamine, the same chemical in the brain that
is associated with the intense pleasure people get from more tangible rewards such as
food or addictive drugs. (Brown, pg.3). Apparently music could create a stronger
feeling compare to an intensive pleasure. Some people are now addicted to their IPods
and other mobile devices. Music could be interpreted as a high value all across human
societies and in this case, it could be an addictive resource.

Landau, E. (2013, April 15). This is your brain on music. Retrieve from
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/health/brain-music-research/
The brain interaction with the melody and sounds is very amazing. Mrs. Landau
explains that patients who hear music and have a better connection with music had less
anxiety and lower cortisol than people who took drugs. Music could be consider as a
miracle since music in not expensive and it does not have side effects and it could be a
solution for some illness. The part of the brain that is concentrated in music is the
nucleus accumbens and thats what makes you desire some type of songs. The brain is
the most powerful resource that our body has and music is one of the best interactions
that the world has. Having the ability to cure and to create and destroy, by this we can
conclude music is more powerful than we thought.