Listening to music makes you smart

(And happily), that's how it works. Did you also always play some music while doing your homework? Unconsciously, you knew it was good for you, because your brain functions better when music is playing. Children who often listen to music seem to perform better in school, and older adults who are exposed to a lot of music make progress in memory tests.

Just like with sex

While listening to music, you produce endorphins and dopamine. This creates a feeling of happiness and even acts as a natural painkiller. The same hormones are released when listening to music as when enjoying good food and sex. By the way, it can also be and, and, and. And enjoying good food and listening to music and being in a horizontal (or vertical, girl, be a little crazy) position.

Good for your heart

When you listen to (the right) music, cortisol, the hormone that causes stress, decreases and you relax. With certain rhythms that match the rhythm of your heart, your blood pressure will also lower. I'm not making this up, I got it all from the website drogespieren.nl (how I ended up there is a whole different story) and they know what they're talking about. Here are some tips for wonderfully relaxing music.

And sleeping, huh

Because when you play some relaxing music in the evening, you sleep so deeply that Sleeping Beauty and co. would be jealous.