3D Music Impact on Autonomic Nervous System Response and Its Potential Mechanism

Music Therapy

Music therapy is a systematic intervention process in which the therapist uses various forms of musical experience, as well as the therapeutic relationship developed during the treatment process, to help the participant achieve a healthy goal. The music therapy process must include three factors: music, the participant being treated, and a specially trained music therapist (Gao, 2008). Music has long been used as an alternative method of treatment to relieve patients from anxiety symptoms (Bringman & Giesecke, 2009; Trappe, 2010). The positive role of music as a therapeutic modality for the treatment of preoperative anxiety has been well documented (Maureen & Bonnie, 1997; Karen & Lawrence, 2010). Moreover, meditation music as well as classical music may decrease stress levels and improve quality of life (Hall & Schmidt, 1999; Janet & Burke, 2007).