the amazing effects of music
Interesting piece in the WSJ recently about the amazing effects of music. Here are some of the findings:
- Listening to Bach, Corelli, and Mozart is more effective in treating mild depression than is talking to a psychiatrist. per a study published in The Arts in Psychotherapy (more)
- Young women are more likely to give out their phone number after listening to romantic music. per a study from the Pyschology of Music (more)
- Men buy more roses when a florist plays love songs.
- People tend to tip better when a restaurant plays music with “pro-social” or empathetic lyrics. per the International Journal of Hospitality Management (more)
