Music therapy is increasingly being used as an intervention for stress reduction in both
medical and mental healthcare settings. Music therapy is characterized by personally …

Music interventions are used for stress reduction in a variety of settings because of the
positive effects of music listening on both physiological arousal (eg, heart rate, blood …

Stress reduction through contact with nature is well established, but far less is known about
the contribution of contact parameters–duration, frequency, and nature quality. This study …

Music has cognitive, psychosocial, behavioral and motor benefits for people with
neurological disorders such as dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD) and Autism …

Efforts to integrate music into healthcare systems and wellness practices are accelerating
but the biological foundations supporting these initiatives remain underappreciated. As a …

Public health crises, including pandemics, are associated with significant health risk and
concomitant stress, fear, decreased sense of control, and uncertainty. Deleterious impact on …

In recent decades, a growing body of literature has focused on emotion regulation (ER),
which refers to the ability to implement strategies in order to modulate emotional responses …

Music can reduce stress and anxiety, enhance positive mood, and facilitate social bonding.
However, little is known about the role of music and related personal or cultural …

Studies in the neuroscience of music gained momentum in the 1990s as an integrated part
of the well-controlled experimental research tradition. However, during the past two …

Participation in extra-curricular activities has been found to associate with increased well-
being. Here we investigated in a survey (n= 786) what activities university students at a …