How does music affect your heart rate?

Answer 1

In a study out of Oxford University, Dr. P. Sleight and his investigators found that listening to music initially effects change of heart rate that is directly proportional to the tempo of the music and possibly to the complexity of the rhythm.

They also found that the style of the music or the music preference of a subject appears less important than the tempo of the music, and that music with a slower rhythm and some short pauses or breaks in the music induces calm in the listener.

Effect of Music on Heart RateObviously, music that has a faster tempo and louder will generally make a person's heart rate and blood pressure spike, probably because it releases adrenaline, similar to a stressful situation. Another ...This is according to Medscape Medical News

The researchers found that compared with baseline, the subjects' mean flow-mediated dilation:

• Decreased 6% after listening to enjoyable music (P = .0002).
• Increased 26% after listening to anxiety-provoking music (P = .005).
• Increased 19% after watching a humorous video (P = .08).
• Decreased 11% after listening to a relaxation tape (NS).

In your Heart, there is a sensor that receives pulses that dictate how fast the heart beats. Heavy and loud music, especially with a strong beat, can interfere with that sensor, causing the heart to beat in time to the music.

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• I am doing a science fair project on this topic. My project actually includes the effect of music on the heart rate and blood pressure of a person. I have done some research and it really depends on what kind of music it is. For example, Heavy Metal and Rap REALLY gets the heart rate and blood pressure going, while Classical Music lowers it.
• I am also doing a science fair project and I found that Rock Music really gets the heart rate going and the classical music takes the heart rate down by a lot.

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Answer 2

Music affects your heart rate in different ways, I don't exactly know how. But heres a link that will clear things up a bit. http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/nsfall05/LabpacketArticles/EffectofMusiconheartrate.html

Answer 3

I think that music affects your heart rate by your heart aka pulse witch by a heart rate monitor you can tell by the music that you put like for example rock maybe your heart will go fast to it and to say classic maybe your heart will stay normal or go down to relax youso this is what i think about how music affects your heart rate.

Also i think that it depends on the type of music you listen to like hip~hop, hip~hop is like a sorta buncing type of music. So yes it can effect your heart rate.