Dr Julia Jones’ Post

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We know that we have Frederick here. Frederick currently is housing all my spare change, so quite heavy. But Frederick, this is the skull. The brain would be inside, living in a dark, silent box, figuring out what's going on in the outside world. By the information that gets in there through the senses. This is why music is so powerful. Into the ears. Auditory nerve. Triggering a cascade of neurochemical responses and those neurochemicals, especially chemicals that you might have heard of like dopamine, serotonin, things that are that are very much involved in our mood state and our decisions and our motivations and our reward based behaviour, our triggered by music. So music can be very motivating. Music can change your pain thresholds, music can make you. And move for longer. Music can help you feel more energetic. Music can help you do all kinds of things. And so really think about are you embracing music?