Music has many benefits for human health, intelligence, and emotions. It reflects the conditions of societies over time and facilitates communication beyond words. Music positively affects people by lowering stress hormones, boosting mood, and motivating through hard times. It also develops brain function related to language, reasoning, creativity, and multitasking. Regularly listening to music can improve both physical and mental health by reducing risks of disease, strengthening the immune system, and lowering blood pressure and anxiety. Overall, music enhances quality of life and is good for physical and cognitive development.

1. Benefits of music to people
Since long time ago, music has always been a part of human’s life. Music is not
just an entertainment. It is something that reflects the conditions of human and
society fromdifferent periods. It can facilitate communication which goes beyond
words. There is music in every part of the world; no matter how different the people
are. Music positively affects human in many ways such as health, developing
intelligence and emotions.
Emotions of people are greatly affectedby music. Music has the ability to
express our feelings into words. We all go through phrases and most people will
listen to songs to improve their moods. When we are feeling down or stresses, music
can help soothe your emotional turmoil. Sometimes, songs with inspirational and
meaningful lyrics can motivate the listener to continue on with their lives through
the hard times. The reason of all these is because listening and playing music lower
levels of the stress hormone, cortisol.
Listening to music help develop the brain in the area of language and reasoning.
For example, there is a research which found out that listening to classical music,
especially Mozart music, increases the listener’s IQ. It also increases our creativities
and verbal communication skill. When we listen to music, our brain is constantly
adjusting decisions on tempo, rhythm, and feeling which develop the brain to
become organized and able to manage many activities at once.
Music can help improve both physical and mental health of people. Since
listening to music is like exercising the brain, it gives better memory and mental
sharpness even in old age. As state before that music is capable of reducing the
cortisol, it help reduce the risk of heart disease, strengthen immune system, and
lower the blood pressure and distress. It can effectively treat insomnia. In addition, it
can also reduce anxiety and improve the quality of life.
There are many researches and evidences to point out that listening to music is
good for physical and mental health. Music helps people improve their health,
develop intelligence and emotions. It’s up to ourselves to choose the type of music
and how we use it that can benefit us the best.
Aornwara Nitkhosakul (Mew) No.1 M.4/1