Certain Types of Music Could Help You Feel Less Pain某些类型的音乐可以帮助你减轻疼痛

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There is no doubt that music can soothe the soul for some， and it turns out that it could also be a temporary soother for physical pain.

Listening to favorite songs could reduce people’s perception of pain， according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Pain Research. And the most effective pain relievers were found to be sad songs detailing bittersweet and emotional experiences.

The small study invited 63 young adults to bring two of their favorite songs， and the requirement was that they needed to be at least 3 minutes and 20 seconds long. The researchers also had the young adults pick one of seven songs that the team considered relaxing and unfamiliar to the study participants.

Each person underwent 7-minute blocks where they were instructed to stare at a monitor screen while listening to their favorite songs， one of the seven relaxing instrumental songs （each of which lasted for 6 minutes and 40 seconds）， or a scrambled version of both songs and the relaxing song chosen. The scrambled music was a jumble of all three songs， cut into fragments and randomly shuffled. All the while， the researchers stuck a hot object—similar to the pain of a boiling hot teacup on your skin—to the participants’ left inner forearms.

众所周知，音乐可以抚慰一些人的心灵。（剩余1730字）