{"id":184834,"date":"2019-03-08T08:36:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T08:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184834"},"modified":"2019-03-11T07:34:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T07:34:43","slug":"science-explains-why-we-need-silence-for-better-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184834","title":{"rendered":"Science explains why we need silence for better health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edsel Cook \u2013 Intellihub March 7, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u201cSilence is golden,\u201d sang The Tremeloes in 1967, and how right they were. Silence helps counteract the ill effects of noise<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on the brain, and it helps replenish the depleted strength of the body.<\/span><\/p>\n

An increasing\u00a0body of evidence suggests that silence\u00a0supports the healthy functions of the body, mind, and soul. It undoes the detrimental effects that noise pollution inflicts upon the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than one study has shown that noise is responsible for higher levels of stress hormones in the body. They showed that excessive amounts of sound directly and negatively affects the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ear turns sound waves into electrical signals that it sends to the brain. This is an automatic process that takes place even when a person is sleeping. When the latter happens, the amygdala (the part of the brain that controls emotion and memory) is forced to activate.<\/span><\/p>\n

In turn, the\u00a0disturbance causes the release of harmful stress hormones. Constant exposure to high levels of noise raises\u00a0the concentration levels of these hormones, which is connected to heart disease, high blood pressure, lack of sleep, and other health concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Silence is healthier than loud noise or even relaxing music, says study<\/h2>\n

Silence, in contrast, brings about the opposite, beneficial effect. While it was originally treated as a mere baseline of comparison with either music or noise, researchers eventually came across\u00a0the\u00a0benefits of silence, which countered the harmful effects of loud noise.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2006, researchers at\u00a0the\u00a0University of Pavia<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a> (UNIPV) investigated the physiological effects of noise and music. Study author\u00a0Luciano Bernardi reported that the participants in the experiment\u00a0displayed\u00a0a strong\u00a0reaction to the two-minute-long blank pauses\u00a0that separated the recordings of noise and music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bernardi found that the\u00a0brains of the participants\u00a0exhibited greater levels of relaxation during these \u201cirrelevant\u201d periods of silence<\/a><\/strong><\/span> when compared to either the relaxing music or the prolonged silence leading up to the experiment. He shifted the focus of the study to these blank pauses and figured out that contrasting levels of sounds increased the beneficial effects of silence on the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many teachers of meditation and spirituality recommend taking similar meditative breaks of silence every day. And Duke researcher Imke Kirste found that enjoying two hours of silence promoted the development of sensory-related brain cells in the hippocampus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spend some quality time\u00a0by yourself in utter silence<\/h2>\n

The modern-day digital world constantly bombards us with\u00a0large amounts of sensory feedback. This\u00a0nonstop\u00a0stimulation prevents the brain from resting\u00a0properly. This means it cannot restore its depleted cognitive abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Out of all the parts of the brain<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the prefrontal cortex suffers the most.\u00a0This brain region\u00a0handles decision-making and problem-solving skills.\u00a0High levels of stress will impair these important skills\u00a0and lead to mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, if a person is able to take a break from the constant demand for focus and enjoy some silent time alone, the prefrontal cortex and the other parts of the brain will be able to recover their original capability.<\/span><\/p>\n

Silence encourages\u00a0new cells to transform into new neurons that are seamlessly integrated into the complex network of the brain. It also helps us focus scattered thoughts so that we can review our actions thus far and get the insight we need about our state of mind and body. And it\u00a0removes the stress and tension attributed to noise pollution<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noise can ruin our concentration, ability to think, motivation, and brain activity. But these\u00a0detrimental effects can be amended by spending some time in silence, a teaching of ancient spiritual masters that is now being supported by scientific fact.<\/span><\/p>\n

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