Music for the anxious soul

<p>Did you learn to play a musical instrument and do you think it helped with your anxiety and stress? A recent study compared music training, music listening and a non-musical activity for their effects on audio visual synchrony perception as well as depression, anxiety, and stress.</p> <p><strong>TLDR</strong>: Music training was shown to improve audio-visual processing and reduce depression, anxiety, and stress in a small study of 31 adults</p> <p>Links:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23340-4"><u>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23340-4</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221202124841.htm"><u>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221202124841.htm</u></a></p> <p>Socials:</p> <p>instagram.com/thelabdoctors</p> <p>twitter.com/thelabdoctors</p> <p>Credit for theme music: Fresh Time by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031</p> <p>Email: thelabdoctors@gmail.com</p>