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Classical Music May Be an Effective Treatment for Depression

Study Finds That Listening to Classical Music Can Improve Mood and Synchronization in Neural Oscillations

Music Therapy May Help Treat Treatment-Resistant Depression

Researchers have found that listening to classical music may be an effective treatment for people with treatment-resistant depression. In a study published August 9 in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience , researchers found that listening to classical music improved mood and synchronization in neural oscillations in people with treatment-resistant depression. This is the first study to show that classical music can improve mood and neural oscillations in people with treatment-resistant depression.

The study included 12 participants with treatment-resistant depression. The participants listened to 30 minutes of classical music each day for 4 weeks. The researchers found that the participants' mood improved significantly after listening to classical music. The researchers also found that the participants' neural oscillations became more synchronized after listening to classical music.

The researchers believe that the improvements in mood and neural oscillations may be due to the fact that classical music is able to activate a complex network in the brain involving the auditory cortex, the brain's sound processing center, and the limbic system, which is involved in emotion. The researchers believe that this network activation may help to improve mood and reduce depression.

The study's findings suggest that classical music may be a promising new treatment for people with treatment-resistant depression. The researchers plan to conduct further studies to investigate the effects of classical music on depression.