Music listening habits tell about mental health

Science Daily ^ | October 22, 2015 | Academy of Finland

[sparklite2]

Brain imaging reveals how neural responses to different types of music really affect the emotion regulation of individuals. The study proves that especially men who process negative feelings with music react negatively to aggressive and sad music.

[sparklite2]

I like aggressive music, as in Wagnerian opera.
As for sad music, I'll get up and change the station
rather than listen to the treacle of Honey*
or the guilt trip of Cats in the Cradle.

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DECONSTRUCTING BOBBY GOLDSBORO'S "HONEY," ONE OF THE WORST SONGS EVER MADE

[dfwgator]

Bang Your Head! Metal Health will drive you mad.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution!

[Resolute Conservative]

Rap and hip hop make your a low-life, looting murderer. Or an NFL/NBA star.

[Talisker]

...men who process negative feelings with music react negatively to aggressive and sad music.

What this study really found was that women on antidepressants can't feel, and aren't touched, by aggressive and sad music. So this is how it's spun.

[trisham]

LOL!

[Honorary Serb]

http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/classical-music-an-effective-antidepressant-20226

[Seruzawa]

Psychoactive drugs make people numb and unfeeling? Whodaguessed? Though the wildly hyperbolic misrepresentation of the findings is normal operation for the mental health cult.

[Boogieman]

“What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person?” ― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

[AngelesCrestHighway]

And this will completely ruin your mental health...!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg

[wally_bert]

I tend to go for TV and movie instrumentals mostly.

[BusterBear]

Who decided whether a piece of music was sad, aggressive, or...whatever?
One person might find a piece of music sad and another will find the same piece inspiring or uplifting or maybe just ugly.

One music critic enlikened the prelude to Tristan und Isolde to a torture chamber - said it reminded him of a picture of a medieval martyr whose intestines were slowly being unwound onto a reel.

The people who did this so-called study are full of bunk.

[sparklite2]

“Comments are disabled for this video.”

A wise move.

[Dr. Sivana]

DECONSTRUCTING BOBBY GOLDSBORO'S "HONEY," ONE OF THE WORST SONGS EVER MADE I see your "Honey" and raise you one "Rocky" (Austin Roberts) and "Blind Man in the Bleachers" (David Geddes). Honorable mention "Run Joey Run" (David Geddes again) and "Once You Understand" (Think)[Probably the most purely distilled '60s liberal song ever.]

[AngelesCrestHighway]

And raise you one Minnie Riperton “Loving you”!

[dfwgator]

I think it was the Osmonds’ “Crazy Horses” that did it for me.

[sparklite2]

I don’t know if I’ve heard any of those.

Teen Angel was a sad song, but it didn’t
create the emotional pushback in me that Honey does.

[grumpygresh]

I listen to classical music; primarily instrumental. But I would say that a rousing Wagnerian chorus nicely complements acceleration from 0-70 on an interstate entry ramp.

There is dissonant and harmonious music of varying complexities. But what exactly is sad music(unless you have explicit lyrics)? I guess you cold say that as an adagio has a slow tempo, so it might be considered sad, but it can be very relaxing and peaceful.

[loungitude]

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[Red_Devil 232]

This is the type of music I like

Guy Clark “The Cape”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bZ37nexSY