I want to know if you like music, the amazing seven truths hidden in the psychology of listening to music

In the act of listening to music there is the power to appeal to some kind of human instinct, but on its root and phenomenonBuzzFeedIt explains with seven points.

7 Facts Every Music Lover Should Know - YouTube


◆ 1: Songs repeatedly appearing tend to hit
Journal of Consumer PsychologyAccording to "There is an important point to become a hit songTo increase the number of times of chorus (chorus)It is said that it is.


As a result of investigating 2400 songs of the hit songs of the past 50 years, the possibility of winning first place on the Billboard chart every time the number of choruses increases onceIncrease by 14.5%Research results have come out.


The reason is that by repeatedly touching something, the alertness is diminished, and high sensitivity and impression increaseSimple contact effectIt is due to the psychological effect called ziance effect. This can be seen not only in music but also when you want the product to be wanted while you repeatedly watch the CM.


As an example of such a song, the following titles are listed. Although there seems to be a tendency that the same phrase surely comes out many times in any case, why here is The Beatles'Hey Jude"And Led Zeppelin's"Stairways to Heaven(The stairway to heaven) "is not included.

Ringo Starr - Photograph - YouTube


Bee Gees - Jive Talkin '(1975) - YouTube


Michael Jackson - We Are The World (Official Music Video) - YouTube


Tears For Fears - Shout - YouTube


The Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize" - YouTube


Rihanna - S & amp; M - YouTube


Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real - Official Music Video HD - YouTube


◆ 2: Brain that feels "smart" by listening to music
According to the research at the University of Arkansas, it is sometimes feared that myself became smarter by acts of listening to songs many times.


That is because memory is left in the brain by listening to the same song repeatedly, and when I listen to it the next time I think "I know this song."


◆ 3: But be careful with listening too much
Although it is effective to listen repeatedly, it is known that it draws an inverted U shape that there is a limit in things and interest decreases after increasing for the climax. Every year at the Christmas time, I hear the same song repeatedly and sometimes make a mistake, but this is also due to a psychological phenomenon.


◆ 4: "Karate Ear" also due to psychological effects
You can hear it singing lyrics different from the original lyricsSoruinAlthough it may be called, this is also due to the work of psychology. When understanding lyrics, people are doing "prediction" based on knowledge already possessed.


The act of understanding the meaning of lyrics is done by a combination of acts of listening to sounds and actions of predicting in the brain.


According to the survey results announced in 2014, I know that if the content of the sky is interesting, it will be interesting enough to stay like that forever.


One example that has been raised is Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" song. In the following movie, it should be singing "Got a long list of ex-lovers (I got a list of past girlfriends)" at 0 minutes 58 seconds, but by all means "Got the lonely Starbucks I hear it only as if I'm singing lovers (I got lonely Starbucks likes).

Taylor Swift - Blank Space - YouTube


When I heard "Japan Early" in Tamori ClubAir Ear HourAs you can imagine something other than Japanese can be heard in Japanese like the ones picked up in, "The pattern that you can hear another English from English is also quite fresh.

◆ 5: Songs not leaving the ear
A phenomenon in which a certain song does not depart from the ear due to a chance is called "Earworm(Earworm: Ear Insects) ".


Although the cause is various, it is often that triggering to listen to songs repeatedly in the near term often triggers.


In addition, sometimes a song revives in your head just by looking at a word in one letter.


◆ 6: Emotions evoked by music
In a survey conducted in 2014, it is known that listening to sad songs evokes a wide variety of complex emotions and certain positive emotions.


Among them, nostalgic feelings reminiscent of past and old memories were most commonly caused.


◆ 7: Cows are also listening to music
And finally, we know that milk production increases if you ask the cow for relaxing music.


It is believed that probably due to the music being heard, the cow's stress is alleviated.


And the results of the survey published in 2001 show that milk production increased by 3% for slower music than music with fast tempo.