Listening to moving music may reduce pain, study says

Researchers in Canada found tracks that produce ‘chills’, such as tingling or goosebumps, were linked with lower pain intensityIf you are heading to the dentist, you may want to turn up a rousingAdele ballad. Researchers say our preferred tunes can not only prove to be powerful painkillers, but that moving music may be particularly potent.Music has long been found to relieve pain, with recentresearch suggesting the effect may even occur in babies and other studies revealing that people ’s preferred tunes could have a stronger painkilling effect than the relaxing music selected for them.Continue reading...
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