Does hearing your favorite song put you in a good mood?
This is normal, because, unless you are one of the 5% of people with fun for whom music does not make sense, listening to a melody considered pleasant causes the release of dopamine, a hormone that makes you want to move forward, and endorphins, which numb the pain.
This phenomenon, which we observe indifferently in healthy or sick individuals, works for music, but also painting, sculpture, dance, etc., or all the arts in general.
According to a 2019 report by the World Health Organization (WHO) based on 900 scientific articles, the impact of art on health is undoubtedly positive.
And in art therapy, where patients are invited to actively participate themselves, this effect is reinforced.
“A part of our brain works like a computer: it receives sensory information, compares it to information already anchored in our
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