--- title: Here Are Some Ways Music Can Have Positive Effects on The Body description: Researchers are using music as a tool to achieve non-musical goals and therapeutic effects. canonical: https://time.com/6305443/the-health-benefits-of-music/ author: Andrew Johnson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-08-17T15:18:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T16:17:14.856Z article:section: Health og:title: Here Are Some Ways Music Can Have Positive Effects on The Body og:description: Researchers are using music as a tool to achieve non-musical goals and therapeutic effects og:url: https://time.com/6305443/the-health-benefits-of-music/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ddd393da8488bc6/698a3fab011682ce6d98358e/GettyImages-1405889487.webp?branch=production og:image:width: 4782 og:image:height: 3188 og:image:alt: GettyImages-1405889487 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are Some Ways Music Can Have Positive Effects on The Body twitter:description: Researchers are using music as a tool to achieve non-musical goals and therapeutic effects twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ddd393da8488bc6/698a3fab011682ce6d98358e/GettyImages-1405889487.webp?branch=production ---  # The Health Benefits of Music  by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Aug 17, 2023 3:18 PM UTC   by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Aug 17, 2023 3:18 PM UTC ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6305443/the-health-benefits-of-music/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6305443/the-health-benefits-of-music/"},"headline":"The Health Benefits of Music","datePublished":"2023-08-17T15:18:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T16:17:14.856Z","description":"Researchers are using music as a tool to achieve non-musical goals and therapeutic effects.","url":"https://time.com/6305443/the-health-benefits-of-music/","keywords":["Research","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ddd393da8488bc6/698a3fab011682ce6d98358e/GettyImages-1405889487.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ddd393da8488bc6/698a3fab011682ce6d98358e/GettyImages-1405889487.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-1405889487","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6305443/the-health-benefits-of-music/","name":"The Health Benefits of Music"}}]}] ```