SomeCalm
Music and feeling calm
A Cochrane review of 26 trials (2,051 adults) found people who listened to music before surgery felt less worried, with a small drop in heart rate.
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What the studies found
Findings from published studies of music and sound, in plain English. These studies are about kinds of sound in general; none of them tested ARK tracks.
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SomeSleep
Music at bedtime
A Cochrane review of 13 trials (1,007 adults) found people who listened to calm music at bedtime rated their sleep better.
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Music and exercise
A review of 139 studies (3,599 people) found music made exercise more enjoyable and felt a little easier.
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Moving to the beat
Small lab studies found people who moved in time with the beat used less oxygen and kept going longer.
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Drumming together
In a 2016 study, adults who drummed together weekly for 10 weeks reported better mood and more resilience than a comparison group.
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Sounds of nature
A 2021 review in PNAS linked natural sounds such as water and birdsong with lower stress and better mood.
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Bowls and sound baths
In a randomized trial of 50 adults, one singing-bowl session brought a larger relaxation response than the comparison sessions.
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40 Hz sound, in mice
In a 2019 study in mice, 10 kHz tone pulses repeated 40 times a second, for a week, improved performance on memory tasks. This was in mice, not people.
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Sound in history
Job 38:7, Jubal, Israfil, Saint Yared and the begena, drumming and chant, with legend marked as legend.
Read the historyResearch summaries are for interest only. ARK Sounds is music for enjoyment, not a treatment.