There are several psychological benefits that retail stores may gain by playing music at their facilities. As a customer, you may feel varied effects of this music playing at a retail store from where you shop. Check out some of the common reasons behind retail stores playing soothing music for customers.
It can be very bothersome when a song gets stuck in your head and you cannot resist yourself from humming it all the time. Things get more disturbing when you lose your concentration and focus. Sometimes we cannot even recall when we heard the song or where but still the same lines repeat themselves in our mind. Funnily this happens more when we need to concentrate on some hard task. Such a bugging song is aptly referred to as an earworm. There are many theories regarding this strange phenomenon that may persist for days.
Scientists have not yet pin pointed the exact reasons that spur a hundred emotions within us when we hear music. Music does not only relieve our tension and stress it can also make us sad or emotional. Both laughter and tears are induced by music. Our brain has a tendency of attaching good and bad memories with certain songs or music as well as with some odors or place. The music directors know which musical notes will trigger an enthusiastic and happy response and which notes will make us sad and overwhelmed with grief. The science behind our response to music is still not clear.
Asking why people listen to music is like asking why do we eat, breathe or sleep. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that there isn’t a scientific explanation behind our inclination towards listening to music. We find out what makes listening to music so appealing to humans.
