Do you have your own specific soundtrack in your brain? Can music be used to change how you respond to stress and how you relax? Could you have your own Brain Music to help you be being productive and to relax you?
According to an
article about research at the Department of Homeland Security, our brains all have their own soundtrack. This soundtrack varies between individuals.
The aim of the research is to improve the response of first responders while at an incident and also to help them relax and de-stress afterwards.
The program called “Brain Music” is analyzing brain waves of study participants and then making two musical compositions, for each participant. One composition is for when under stress, needing to focus and be productive and has a “Mozart sound”. The other composition is for reducing stress and relaxing and has more of Chopin sonata feel to it.
This music is initially going to be tested on firefighters.
If the Brain Music is found to be effective, then it could have all sorts of uses.
You could have Brain Music that helps with insomnia, winding down after a hard day at work (cheaper and better for you than a couple of beers?) and coping with pain and health problems. The Brain Music could also help you with deadlines at work, driving in heavy traffic and playing sports.
Listen to some alert Brain Music at http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/multimedia/snapshots/st_brain_music_active.mp3
[tags]Brain Music, soundtrack, productive, stress, insomnia[/tags]
