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6 years ago I joined my middle school band and started music for the first time. Over my years of study I have become invested in the discussion on how music impacts the cognitive function. From my experiences, I have found that Music is essential to the congantive function because it improves social coheson, increases academic performance, and affects our mood and motivation. And through 6 years so far of being a musician I can say I have seen some of those benefits first hand.

Music is found to have an immense impact on the social cohesion amongst others. You may be thinking you already have ease with social chosen or not depending on the type of personality you are. But being musically trained or just listening to music in general can give you increases unity amongst people. According to experts at the Berkley College of Muisc, “Performing music involves coordinating of our efforts, too…at least if we want to produce a pleasing sound. According to researchers, when we try to synch with others musically keeping the beat or harmonizing, for example, we tend to feel positive social feelings towards those with whom we’re synchronizing, even if that person is not visible to us or not in the same room.” I can say this is true as a musician when you are playing in an ensemble or chamber group if all is well you start to become inscrasingly unified as you are listening to each others sound and intonation, etc. There was another social affect music has as music can affect they way we feel about a certain person. A few weeks ago I sent out a survey and I got 7 responses. On this question about music and feelings about other people 5 out of 7 people said they felt a certain way towards someone based on the music they listen to. So the next time you blast music in public, maybe think about it first.

The second thing I have noticed ever since I started muic is how much better I got at math. Despite this I am still terrible at it but progress is progress. Anyway the point is that Classical music has a bioelectrical impact on the brain increasing brain functions leading to better exam scores. According to a study published in Learning and Individual Differences, “students who listened to classical music during a lecture received superior marks on exams compared to their peers who did not.” You might be like ok but how do you get better scores by listening to classical music? The answer is better concentration and retention while listening to music. There was a survey that I sent out about this topic and the results showed that most people who listen to classical music while studying feel they had a better focus and retention rate for exams. Out of the 7 people who answered the question 5 out of 7 said that it does help them study better. This data reveals that for most people, listening to music and specifically classical music can help people with focus and retention for better exam scores.

Finally when studying this concept I have found that music greatly affects your mood and motivation to do things for two simple reasons. Number one, you are emotionally moved by a piece of music. In this survey I have reference several times this was also one of the questions on the ballot and all 7 people verified that music has in some way moved them emotionally. The second reason being that Muisc also affects the mood and motivation of a person because it strengthens our empathy and oxytocin levels which is the happy hormone. “In a study with humans, singing for 30 minutes was shown to significantly raise oxytocin levels in both amateur and professional singers, regardless of how happy or unhappy the experience made them.” This study by the Berkley College of music simply verifies the emotional and nestalgic impact music can have on us. “In a more recent study, a group of primary-school-aged children were exposed to musical games with other children for one hour a week over the course of an academic year, while two control groups of same-aged children received either no games or games with the same purpose, but involving drama or storytelling instead of music. All of the children were given various empathy measures at the beginning and end of the year; but only the music group significantly increased their empathy scores, suggesting that music may have played a pivotal role in their empathy development.” This study shows the impact that music can have on emotional development and sensitivity towards other people.

So lets look at the takeaways from this talk today. We looked at how music can impact the cognitive function socially, academically, and emotionally. You have seen the data and the research studies, but I want you to go into the world and experience live music. I want you to go listen to different genres of music and become enriched in all conres of the music world because one day if we all loose our sense of humanity, music is our only hope and our guiding light to reunite humanity. My name is Matthew Tomaino, and this is my Ted Talk. Thank you!

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Music's Impact on Cognative Function-Matthew Tomaino