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A groundbreaking study recently published in the Medical Science Monitor shows for the first time that playing a musical instrument can reverse multiple components of the human stress response on the genetic level.
The study's principal investigator, Barry Bittman, M.D., of the Mind-Body Wellness Center in Meadville, Pennsylvania, says these findings shed new light on the value of active music participation and extend an understanding of individualized human biological stress responses on an unprecedented level.
The research team led by Bittman included researchers from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Applied Biosystems, the developer of the original technology that led to the successful mapping of the human genome, announced in June 2000.
The research shows that the ...