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Is listening to music good for your health?
聽音樂有益健康嗎?
If you’re looking for an easy way to shift your mind-set, cue the music.
如果你正在找既簡單又能改變你情緒狀態的辦法，那就聽聽音樂吧。
Studies have shown that music can buoy mood, fend off depression and improve sleep.
研究表明，音樂可以提振情緒，抵御抑郁，改善睡眠。
It can also ease pain and lower levels of stress-related hormones like cortisol.
還能減輕疼痛，降低皮質醇等與壓力有關的激素的水平。
How can listening to music do so much good?
聽音樂何以會有這么多好處呢?
Music seems to “selectively activate” neurochemical systems and brain structures
音樂似乎可以“選擇性地激活”
associated with positive mood, emotion regulation, attention and memory,
與積極情緒，情緒調節，注意力和記憶有關的神經化學系統和大腦結構，
says Kim Innes, a professor of epidemiology at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health.
西弗吉尼亞大學公共衛生學院的流行病學教授金·英尼斯說到。
But choose your tunes carefully.
但選擇歌曲的時候還是要謹慎。
A song’s rhythm can influence heart rate and brain activity,
歌曲的節奏會影響心率和大腦活動，
says Daniel Levitin, a psychology professor at McGill University in Canada.
加拿大麥吉爾大學的心理學教授丹尼爾·列維京說。
And research shows that listening to music that agitates or unsettles you can trigger stress, anger and sadness.
研究表明，聽那些讓人煩躁不安的音樂會引發壓力、憤怒和悲傷。
“There’s no one piece of music that will do the same thing for everyone,” Levitin says,
“沒有哪首音樂會對大家產生同樣的作用，”列維京說，
but tracks with a slow tempo, gradual chord progressions and drawn-out notes tend to be calming,
但慢節奏，和弦循序漸進，以及的音符一般都有讓人平靜的效果，
while chaotic, up-tempo tunes tend to have the opposite effect.
而混亂，快節奏的曲調往往有相反的效果。
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