This research was conducted by Daisy Fancourt and Aaron Williamon at the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London
This study was the first to investigate the impact of the arts on health and wellbeing by assessing the effects of attending a live, public concert on hormonal responses. The …
This research was conducted by Gunter Kreutz, Stephan Bongard, Sonja Rohrmann, Volker Hodapp, and Dorothee Grebe at Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany [Now at the University of Oldenburg, Germany]
The research compared the levels of immunoglobulin A (S-IgA), cortisol and emotional states of people after they had participated in …
This research was conducted by Dawn Kuhn at Williamette University, USA
This paper reports a study which tested whether or not musical activity supports the immune system. The research found that playing music or singing has a much greater effect on supporting the immune system than simply listening to live …