A culture's music is influenced by all other aspects of that culture, including social and economic organization and experience, climate, and access to technology. Music provides a non-invasive technique, which has attracted much interest but little empirical exploration to date. The therapeutic value of music can be in part explained by its cultural role in facilitating social learning and emotional well-being. While research has shown music can help reduce a patients anxiety prior to surgery, previous studies have primarily focused on music vs. an oral form of sedative medications, which are not routinely used in the preoperative setting. Listening to pleasant music was also found to release dopamine in the striatum. Further, the release was higher in the dorsal striatum during the anticipation of the peak emotional period of the music, but higher in the ventral striatum during the actual peak experience of the music. This is entirely consistent with the differentiated pattern of dopamine release during craving and consummation of other rewarding stimuli, amphetamines. BMX Entertainment Corporation, BMXE diversified business, technology, healthcare, entertainment, founded by Michael Bradshaw, Mauris Griffin
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