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Findings.
The data collected showed that various forms of music have medical applications including immune response and social aspects, cancer pain treatment, cancer anxiety treatment and prevention, relieving hypertension and controlling blood pressure, treating Autistic Spectrum Disorder, regulating the metabolism. It is generally known that music has the ability to awaken emotions deep within a person: "Music is one of a small set of human cultural universals, evoking a wide range of emotions, from exhilaration to relaxation, joy to sadness, fear to comfort, and even combinations of these" (Chanda, 2013). There are numerous healing properties in musical tones and this is just touching the surface as research continues to shed new light on this area. Music has several effects on the brain such as in the area of pleasure, and this can be linked to "reward and motivation" similar to the effects in narcotic products without the side effects of addiction and withdraw "Music does not have the clear, survival benefit associated with food or sex, nor does it display the addictive properties associated with drugs of abuse" (Chanda, 2013). According to the article, "This Is Your Brain on Music", Dr. Daniel Levitin, Psychologist, said "We are using music to better understand brain function in general,"(Landau, 2013) One component to this is music's effect on stress levels; calming music reduces levels of cortisol in humans and aids in concentration, and is safer than using prescription drugs for the same purpose, due to the fact that it has no negative side effects "The (surgery) patients who listened to music had less anxiety (before going into surgery) and lower cortisol than people who took drugs." So this research shows that music has a beneficial side effect on our mental Psyche, but more studies have to be done on the subject before it is understood fully.