Something You Should Know The Healing Effects of Music & Understanding Adolescence
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Jul 7, 2025 
Stefan Koelsch, a renowned neuroscientist and music psychologist, discusses the profound healing power of music. He explains how music can alleviate conditions like depression and Parkinson's disease, enhancing mental wellness. Matt Richtel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning health reporter, delves into the challenges of adolescence, exploring the brain changes that drive risky behaviors. Together, they emphasize the importance of music in regulating emotions during these tumultuous years and highlight the critical need for support as teens navigate their identities.
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Singing's Unique Brain Benefits
- Active music making, like singing, can halt brain degeneration in Alzheimer's patients.
- Singing together activates happiness centers that produce new neurons counteracting brain volume loss.
Engage Actively with Music
- Actively engage with music to regulate emotions by tapping, breathing, or counting beats.
- This focused interaction can interrupt negative thought loops and improve emotional wellbeing.
Adolescence as Internal Integration
- Adolescence is biologically a process of reconciling learned rules with new real-world experience.
- This internal conflict drives the characteristic exploration and testing behavior of teens.
