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Essay / The effects of listening to music on physical performance
IntroductionMusic is a very fascinating universal phenomenon. Almost everyone loves some kind of music, whether it's the sound of a country song or the intensity of a German rap. Music has the ability to completely change the mood of a situation. It has been widely studied and used as a form of therapy for the mind. So it would be interesting to see if this also has an impact on a person's physical abilities. It has been suggested that music affects the body's physiological patterns in several ways. A 2003 study (Yamamoto et. al) illustrated fluctuations in neurotransmitter levels as the type of music changed. When participants listened to slow-paced music, their plasma norepinephrine levels decreased, and when they listened to fast-paced music, their plasma epinephrine levels increased. Noradrenaline is a hormone generally known to function in the sympathetic nervous system, causing the fight or flight response. When lowered, the body's stress level is removed, caused by a decrease in blood pressure. Epinephrine is a similar hormone, commonly called adrenaline, known to produce sudden responses to combat stress. An increase in plasma levels would increase the heart rate and dilate the airways to promote the expansion of oxygen to the body's vital organs. By simply choosing a different rhythm of music, the functioning of our physiology can be completely changed. A different investigation was conducted to find out the effects of medical resonance therapy music (MRT-Music) on cerebral blood flow (Shemagonov and Sidorenko, 2000). The arterial composition of the brain is difficult to enter the bloodstream due to the blood-brain barrier. Therefore, even neurotrackers... middle of article ...... worked on individuals during progressive exercise. Physical education and sport, 6: 67-74. Priest, DL and Karageorghis, CI (2008). “A qualitative investigation into the characteristics and effects of music accompanying exercise.” European Journal of Physical Education, 14: 347-367. Sariscsany, M. J. (1991). “Motivating physical education students through music. » Physical educator, 48, 2: 93-94. Shemagonov, AV and Sidorenko, VN (2000). "Can medical resonance therapy music affect autonomic innervation of cerebral arteries?". Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, 35, 3: 218-223. Yamamoto, T., Ohkuwa, T., Kitoh, I.M., Tsuda, T., Kitagawa, S., and Sato, Y. (2003). “Effects of pre-exercise listening to slow and fast paced music on supramaximal cycle performance and some metabolic variables.” Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 111, 3: 211-214.