There are countless benefits to listening to music from parts of your brain to cushioning neurons in your brains from things like stress. Music is an essential part of your life and here are some benefits it gives you.

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Listening to music outside your comfort zone can have positive effects on both your mind and body. The new music challenges the brain to take in a lot of new information all at once and research says you should be shuffling in new music into your favorites to keep your brain as an active listener.

“Pay attention to how you react to different forms of music, and pick the kind that works for you. What helps one person concentrate might be distracting to someone else, and what helps one person unwind might make another person jumpy.” – John Hopkins Medicine

Not only that but music can help with memory loss as research shows that patients with dementia can have an easier time connecting memories to music rather than photographs or word of mouth. Take a moment next time a song “takes you back” and try and figure pout why it’s doing that, what emotions did you feel in that memory, why does this song in particular stick out, these are all parts of how our brain ties together with emotions and music corelating as one. Sometimes it may be useful to take a break and listen to music and you can view it as a health benefit.

So the next time you feel stressed or lost without answers listen to music you like and even music you’ve never heard before and allow your brain to reset, think of it like a detox for your brain.