Written by Matias Mane & Henrik Sillanpää
For most of us music is an immense part of our everyday life. Music is listened for many different reasons, but the main reasons behind it are probably that it lifts your mood, it makes you feel related and it helps to calm down. Of course, the reasons behind listening to music depends largely on every individual and one's current setting (surroundings, feelings, atmosphere etc.).
ls there a connection between music and motivation?
As it was pointed out in the sixth lecture of Psychology of Pervasive Computing by Aino Ahtinen, the four factors affecting motivation are needs, values, goals and emotions. The main part of motivation that music affects is our emotions. Even sad music brings most listeners pleasure and comfort, according to recent research from Durham University in the United Kingdom and the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, published in PLOS ONE. As said in the lecture six slides, emotions affect motivation if the target or action leading to the target feels pleasant or unpleasant. So, if music, whether sad or happy can affect positively to our emotions and emotions affect our motivation, a straightforward conclusion can be made: music has a big effect to our motivation.
Music increasing exercise performance
“Altering the mind’s arousal state with music will result in an increased exercise performance, as if the music is ‘psyching’ one up to perform exercise better,” wrote researchers Karageorghis and Terry in their review of the psychophysical effects of music in sport and exercise (1997). There is lot of known professional athletes that listen to so called hard music before entering the stage/court so that they get to the zone of focus and are as the researchers Karageorgis and Terry said get in the psych zone. We think and believe as well that even in the daily life, listening to music gives you power to push yourself to go further (work, gym or even studying). The music does not need to be always hard music to get in the zone, as this is mostly depending on the task that you are performing and as well in the listener. For someone it could be that jazz helps you to relax and helps you focus on studying when someone else could get in the so called “zone“ by listening to something else.
Music applications and your motivation
There are thousands of different music applications available for everyone. They range from apps that simply let you listen to music to apps that will let you make your own music. Music can be a huge part of either maintaining motivation or working to grow it. So, if you’re a in search for motivation go and listen to music, make music, or discuss about it. It helps.
References
Aino Ahtinen , “Psychology of Pervasive Computing”, Lecture 6, 1.10.2018, Tampere University of Technology
https://journals.pIos.org/pIosone/articIe?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0157444
ls there a connection between music and motivation?
As it was pointed out in the sixth lecture of Psychology of Pervasive Computing by Aino Ahtinen, the four factors affecting motivation are needs, values, goals and emotions. The main part of motivation that music affects is our emotions. Even sad music brings most listeners pleasure and comfort, according to recent research from Durham University in the United Kingdom and the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, published in PLOS ONE. As said in the lecture six slides, emotions affect motivation if the target or action leading to the target feels pleasant or unpleasant. So, if music, whether sad or happy can affect positively to our emotions and emotions affect our motivation, a straightforward conclusion can be made: music has a big effect to our motivation.
Music increasing exercise performance
“Altering the mind’s arousal state with music will result in an increased exercise performance, as if the music is ‘psyching’ one up to perform exercise better,” wrote researchers Karageorghis and Terry in their review of the psychophysical effects of music in sport and exercise (1997). There is lot of known professional athletes that listen to so called hard music before entering the stage/court so that they get to the zone of focus and are as the researchers Karageorgis and Terry said get in the psych zone. We think and believe as well that even in the daily life, listening to music gives you power to push yourself to go further (work, gym or even studying). The music does not need to be always hard music to get in the zone, as this is mostly depending on the task that you are performing and as well in the listener. For someone it could be that jazz helps you to relax and helps you focus on studying when someone else could get in the so called “zone“ by listening to something else.
Music applications and your motivation
There are thousands of different music applications available for everyone. They range from apps that simply let you listen to music to apps that will let you make your own music. Music can be a huge part of either maintaining motivation or working to grow it. So, if you’re a in search for motivation go and listen to music, make music, or discuss about it. It helps.
References
Aino Ahtinen , “Psychology of Pervasive Computing”, Lecture 6, 1.10.2018, Tampere University of Technology
https://journals.pIos.org/pIosone/articIe?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0157444
