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Want to Feel Happy Right Now? Do This!
It doesn't matter if it's rock or classical, listening to music will give your soul a quick jolt of happiness. That's the word from researchers at Pennsylvania State University in Altoona who have shown that when we hear music we like, bad moods are banished and good moods are enhanced.What music does: It makes listeners more optimistic, joyful, friendly, relaxed, and calm, and helps vanish feelings of pessimism and sadness.What music doesn't do: It won't ease feelings of fear, sadness, hate, or aggression, and it does nothing to increase feelings of love. Led by psychology professor Valerie N. Stratton and music professor Annette H. Zalanowski, the study required 47 college students to keep music-listening diaries for two weeks. They were instructed to report their moods before and after each musical episode. "Not only did our sample of students report more positive emotions after listening to music, but their already positive emotions were intensified by listening to music," Stratton explained in a news release announcing the study findings.It made no difference what type of music the students chose--rock, pop, soft rock, easy listening, oldies, classical, or New Age. In addition, it didn't matter where they listened to the music or what they were doing while it was playing, be it studying, driving, dressing, or socializing.
The study findings were published in the Psychology and Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal.