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Originally Posted by py3ak  In certain circumstances it is undeniable that a beat affects you. One time my wife and I got on a bus in Mexico, and had to get off almost immediately. The music was turned up so loudly that we could feel our hearts changing to pound with the rhythm of the beat, and that was so fast and hard that Heidi was made physically ill, and if we'd stuck around a few minutes longer I would have been as well. Now obviously that may be an extreme circumstance: but when a beat is loud enough, it certainly does affect your heartbeat, and thus your physical condition. |
Even though this is off topci, I find this interesting because I have a student who is doing research for a science project on the way music and beat impacts the body and the brain. So far, his research strongly supports the idea that music has a profound impact on heart rate and mood. This is not really new information though since Musak (the elevator music people) have been making a fortune supplying grocery and department stores with music to boost sales.