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Study Reveals Music Eases Mental Fatigue Recovery

10/24/2025

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Listening to relaxing music after a mentally demanding task helps recovery from mental fatigue, according to a study in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback that used EEG on 30 university students.
Liu led the study, and music listeners showed significant brainwave recovery, including increased individual alpha peak frequency.
In contrast, the silence control did not show similar improvements.
The researchers note the small sample size and call for further research.

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Listening to relaxing music after a mentally demanding task helps recovery from mental fatigue, according to a study in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback that used EEG on 30 university students.
Liu led the study, and music listeners showed significant brainwave recovery, including increased individual alpha peak frequency.
In contrast, the silence control did not show similar improvements.
The researchers note the small sample size and call for further research.