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MARCH 27, 2025

Music Tempo a Factor in Pain Reduction


Originally published by our sister publication Pain Medicine News

Many people believe there are numerous benefits from playing music, including managing and reducing pain. However, these beliefs are often based on intuition rather than scientific evidence about the effect of basic musical elements on pain perception.

A team led by Wendo Yi in the Department of Psychology at McGill University, in Montreal, examined how a fundamental element of music—tempo—affects the perception of