1. Music is closely related to human evolution:

Recently, some scientists have proposed that music, like walking upright and language function, is an ability that humans have gradually developed in the process of evolution. Appeared in the early history of mankind and helped people survive in harsh environments.

First of all, music is everywhere. From the three-step dance on the Amazon River to the hot dance in Amsterdam, no matter which corner of the world or which culture, music is regarded as an important and indispensable part.

In fact, the "Divjebabeflute" carved on bones discovered by scientists in Slovenia is the oldest musical instrument. This instrument dates back to 40,000 years ago, when humans throughout Europe and North America were still living under a blanket of ice and snow.

If this oldest musical instrument has existed for 40,000 years, then vocal music may have existed twice as long or even more. Professor Harry estimated that it may have existed when the human race was first formed. With music.

Another fact that supports the biological basis of music is that some people cannot distinguish the tones after the brain's hearing is damaged, but when he sees the corresponding lyrics of the song, he can Nine times out of ten you can hear it.

Of course, there are also many people who are skeptical of this statement. In a book titled "How the Brain Works" written in 1997, Steven Pinker said that compared with language, vision, social skills, and physical strength, the human lifestyle is not as effective without music. What fundamental changes will there be? Pinker believes that music is something invented by people. Because it can bring great pleasure to people's body and mind, it has continued and developed continuously. In other words, people invented music because they like it.

Sandra Tohabo from the University of Toronto in the United States commented on Pinker’s point of view and said that his statement is very clever, but it is not correct. Tohapo has traveled around the world and found that no matter where she is, mothers sing to their babies in almost the same way: with a high pitch, a slow melody, and an emotional tone. Although each culture has its own lullaby, they are so similar that even if you don't understand the language at all, you can still recognize it as a lullaby.

This gave her a revelation: music is not a human invention. If we all use music to communicate with our babies, it is an instinctive way of communication between mother and baby.

Therefore, if a musical gene appears in the early stages of humankind, those who possess these musical genes will be more likely to have healthy offspring, and each generation will enjoy music as a gift. benefits to them. Music makes each individual more attractive to the opposite sex. Even Darwin himself was very satisfied with this explanation of music, but many scholars disagree with this view, because judging from many situations in the biological world, peacocks use tail feathers to attract Of the opposite sex, moose use antlers to attract the opposite sex, and larks use singing to attract the opposite sex, but all these phenomena are manifested in male animals. For humans, music is unique to both sexes.

Perhaps we will never know how music developed in the long history, but in any case, music is our extremely precious wealth.

2. Music is also related to human health

In recent years, many scientists have confirmed through scientific research that music has a positive effect on people’s physical and mental health, and music has many wonderful benefits. Function.

An American medical scientist once counted the ages of 35 famous late American music conductors. Their average lifespan was 73.4 years, which was 5 years higher than the average lifespan of American men. According to surveys in Germany, Italy and other countries, people who often listen to music usually live 5 to 10 years longer than people who do not listen to music.

Music therapy has become popular in many countries. The medical community has determined through clinical experiments that music is very effective in relaxing the body and mind, cheering up, and inducing sleep. Physiologically, music can cause changes in breathing, blood pressure, heart beat, and blood flow.

Some types of music can also stimulate the body to release endorphins, a natural opiate, which can relax the body and mind and relieve pain.

In 1972, the Polish government established the first "Music Therapy Institute" based on the suggestions of several pathologists and musicologists, which achieved miraculous results. Soon, state-owned hospitals in Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries also adopted music therapy methods. For example, listening to music three times a day after meals can treat neurogenic gastritis; listening to lyrical music to patients with hypertension can lower blood pressure; listening to soft and relaxing music to frightened people can calm the patient and even return to normal. .

Why does the human body react in specific musical environments? Researchers in the medical field believe that this is closely related to the rhythm of human cells themselves. When the vibrations of human body cells are coordinated with external rhythms, people will feel comfortable.

Westerners believe that listening to Western music, especially classical music, has the best effect. Some experts point out that Schubert's music can help insomniacs fall asleep, Bach's music can relieve indigestion, and Mozart's music can relieve the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. Some also say that Mozart’s music can relieve fatigue and revive the spirit.

The Chinese medical community has also conducted extensive research on the health-preserving effects of music. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the characteristics of the five Chinese tones (Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu) coincide with the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth). For example, Gongyin is majestic and broad, with the characteristics of "earth", and can enter the "spleen" among the five internal organs; Shangyin is clear and solemn, with the characteristics of "gold", and can enter the "lung"; Jiaoyin belongs to "wood", and can enter the "spleen" of the five internal organs. Enters the "liver"; Zhengyin belongs to "fire" and can enter the "heart"; Yuyin belongs to "water" and can enter the "kidney". The five tones and the five internal organs, two seemingly completely different concepts, interact with each other through the "five elements".

The so-called "appropriate music environment" in the West is chosen based on the individual's constitution in the East. For example, "fire" type people should choose "water" music to reduce impetuous emotions, and "water" type people should choose "water" music. Listening to "fire" music can enhance the function of the kidneys. People with the "wood" type are indecisive, so they can listen to "gold" music to motivate themselves.

However, not all music is beneficial to people's physical and mental health. A foreign psychologist once analyzed 208 members of three different symphony orchestras. The results showed that most of the band members who mainly played classical music were in a stable and happy mood; among the members who mainly played modern music or mainly played modern music, more than 70% of the band members suffered from neurosis, more than 60% of the people were irritable, and more than 22% of the band members were irritable. Some people are depressed, and some people often suffer from insomnia, headaches, earaches and diarrhea. Others have conducted surveys on some music lovers and found that in families who often appreciate classical music, the relationship between people is harmonious; people who often appreciate romantic music have cheerful personalities and active thoughts; while those who are keen on noisy modern music In families where music is played, there are constant quarrels among members. It is said that long-term listening to this kind of music can strongly stimulate the nervous system and even destroy the normal functions of the heart and vascular system.

3. Music is also closely related to children

Listening to music can enhance memory

The results of a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong show that music training can not only cultivate In addition to treating temperament, it can also enhance language memory.

Among 60 Chinese University girls who were tested, those who had received music training as children could memorize 17 more pieces of written material than those who had not received music training.

Chen Ruiyan, a professor at the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University who is responsible for this study, said that previous research on brain intelligence has found that the left brain of musicians is larger than that of ordinary people. Their left brain may be more developed than that of ordinary people, and the left brain The brain is also mainly responsible for language memory. Therefore, receiving formal music training is likely to improve the development of people's left brain and improve the language forgetting ability controlled by the left brain.

This research is also good news for some amnesia patients whose language skills are affected. Since learning music does not require language skills, if patients have the opportunity to learn and enjoy music, their memory may gradually improve.

Develop children's musical memory

Developing children's musical memory is an important part of intellectual development, and it is the basis for creating music activities.

How to develop children's music memory?

1. Timely review and repetition of memory methods. When cultivating children's musical memory, they should be allowed to sing some songs or dance some dances repeatedly every day. Generally, most children can remember it after repeating it 3 to 4 times. However, because children begin to forget quickly, especially in a short period of time, they forget a lot, and then gradually reduce it. Therefore, the principle of "dense first and then sparse" should be adopted for repeated exercises, so as to avoid forgetting.

2. Imagery and Intuition Method Since children are young, their thinking methods are mainly image and intuition, and their emotions are fast, so adults should use the image and intuition method to develop children's music memory.

3. In music activities, adults should mobilize children's multiple senses and conduct memory training in multiple forms and channels.

4. Incorporate memory training into children’s daily activities. In games, imagination is extremely active and rich, and memory is developed through repeated activities. Adults should allow children to have fun and develop memory in games.

Music can make children beautiful

According to research conducted by relevant US scientific research departments, it is found that regular listening to music can change the appearance of children and make them beautiful.

From a genetic perspective, a person’s facial appearance is determined by genetic genes. If you want to fundamentally change your appearance, you must go to the hospital for plastic surgery. However, experts point out that using music can change a young child's appearance.

Always let young children listen to some cheerful music, and use music to stimulate their nerves, which will help them grow physically and mentally healthily. The Japan Early Childhood Development Association has conducted experiments on this point and achieved good results. They gathered dozens of newly born children and took photos and videos one by one as original data. Then Mozart's serenade is played three times a day in the morning, afternoon and evening. There was no change at first, but after four months, the faces of these children had changed a lot. Their expressions were more lively than ordinary children, their movements were coordinated, and even their eyes were fundamentally different from ordinary children.

It can be seen that letting children listen to more beautiful music in early childhood will not only develop the child's intelligence, but also make the child's face beautiful. It can be seen that the charm of music is endless .

How music promotes children’s intellectual development

The popular prenatal education music currently on the market is very popular. Those melodious, soft and melodious tunes not only make the mother feel relaxed and happy, but also make the mother’s body feel happy. The fetuses can also be infected, so that the "intrauterine world" they live in is as full of sunlight as outside the mother's body, making them healthy, beautiful and smart. Why can music promote children's intellectual development?

When people appreciate music, whether they are adults or children, they often feel a sense of intoxication. Music can make you forget the troubled world around you and enter a fairy-like world. No wonder psychologists often call for making good use of beautiful music to regulate your emotions and cultivate your character. For children, they have a fondness for music since before they are born. They continue to develop their interest in music after birth. They have initially developed the ability to appreciate music at the age of 3 or 4. Music can make children enjoy a deep love and fill their mood with joy. This emotion will promote the development and perfection of the nervous system, regulate blood flow and nervous system activity, and is beneficial to the development of children's memory, understanding, imaginative thinking and other abilities.

Many scholars have conducted research on music and found that differences in the fret, tone, rhythm, melody, and sound quality of music can produce different functions in the human body, such as calming, analgesia, and regulating emotions. Human emotion is a complex activity that is closely related to the cerebral cortex, hypothalamus, and limbic lobes. Therefore, beautiful music can make children feel happy. This kind of pleasant emotion can effectively improve and adjust the physiological functions of the cerebral cortex and limbic lobes, thereby making the child's nervous system develop more perfectly. This effect is unmatched by other education, which is why the works of those music masters have been spread all over the world and have endured for a long time.

In terms of physical effects, music can affect the physiological functions of the human body through sound. Sound is the vibration of sound waves, a kind of physical energy. Music is sound wave vibration of a certain frequency, which acts on various vibration systems in the human body to produce beneficial vibrations and coordinate the rhythm of various organs. This coordination is an important factor for physical and mental health. On the other hand, beautiful music sound waves act on the brain, increase nerve excitability, and promote the body to secrete some healthy hormones, enzymes, acetylcholine and other substances through the regulation of neurohumoral fluids, which regulate blood flow, promote blood circulation and It can stimulate gastrointestinal motility and saliva secretion, strengthen metabolism and other functions, thus making people energetic and full of youthful vitality. The use of music in foreign countries to replace anesthetic drugs for caesarean section and tooth extraction operations does not achieve results simply by diverting the patient's attention or suggesting effects. It, like acupuncture, has a physiological and biochemical basis. The mechanism of acupuncture analgesia is not fully understood, but it has been found to be related to the increase in endorphins in the human body. Therefore, differences in the rhythm, melody, speed, coordination, etc. of the music can show different effects such as sedative, exciting, analgesic, antihypertensive, and mood-regulating effects.

Because music can affect people’s physiological and psychological activities, especially emotional activities, people can use music to improve and regulate the physiological and psychological functions of the human body, thereby achieving disease treatment, health and fitness. , the purpose of improving health.

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