PLoS One April 2022 PMID 35263341

The effects of music & auditory beat stimulation on anxiety: A randomized clinical trial.

Adiel Mallik, Frank A Russo

Mentions

127
Peak: 16 in Mar 2022
across 4 sources since Mar 2022

Extended reach

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Total likes

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Video views

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Mar 2022 – Apr 2025

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AI synopsis

What people are saying

The overall discussions reveal genuine interest and support for the study's findings, as evidenced by comments like 'My scientific publications back this up' and mentions of 'reducing anxiety' through music and auditory stimuli. The tone is generally positive and affirming, emphasizing the potential benefits of combining music and auditory stimulation for anxiety relief. Words like 'supports,' 'effective,' and 'calms' reflect a tone of approval and curiosity about practical implications.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most participants support the positive findings of the publication, often stating that music combined with auditory stimuli can reduce anxiety, aligning with the study's conclusions.

InterestHigh interest

The discussions demonstrate high curiosity about the research, with multiple posts highlighting its scientific rigor and potential applications, indicating active engagement.

EngagementModerate engagement

Several posts reference specific details of the study, such as the use of randomized clinical trials and the effects on moderate trait anxiety, showing a moderate depth of discussion.

ImpactModerate impact

Participants perceive the research as valuable, with some suggesting it could influence anxiety treatment approaches, though the overall tone remains exploratory and supportive.

Abstract in brief

  • The study investigated how music combined with auditory beat stimulation (ABS) in the theta frequency (4-7 Hz) could reduce anxiety, especially in participants with moderate trait anxiety.
  • Participants were divided into four groups: combined music and ABS, music alone, ABS alone, and pink noise, and their anxiety levels were measured before and after the treatment.
  • Results showed that for those with moderate trait anxiety, the combined music and ABS condition led to the greatest reductions in both physical and mental anxiety, while effects were less clear in high trait anxiety individuals.]

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Frank Russo
@thinkauditory · X

New RCT with @adiel_mallik on the effects of music and auditory beat stimulation on anxiety. We find that combining these two treatment modalities is more effective than either one on its own @thelucidproject https://t.co/cNkXEBZKW0 https://t.co/fwPOt6CV9W

Mar 9, 2022 · 19 likes · 2 shares · 1,507 followers View post →
MIMM
@musicandthemind · X

Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory beat stimulation, helps reduce the physiological signs of #anxiety. Learn more about the randomized clinical trial here: https://t.co/UVQDB1AaNg @thinkauditory https://t.co/DK7R0JsbFK

Aug 3, 2022 · 16 likes · 7 shares · 2,573 followers View post →
MIMM
@musicandthemind · X

In a randomized clinical trial @TorontoMet researchers used auditory beat stimulation (ABS) in combination with calming #music to determine if sound-based treatments are effective in reducing somatic & cognitive state #anxiety.

Sep 21, 2022 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 2,573 followers View post →
Neuroscience News
@NeuroscienceNew · X

“The effects of music & auditory beat stimulation on anxiety: A randomized clinical trial” by Adiel Mallik et al. PLOS ONE https://t.co/qG3R9LSG3v

Mar 9, 2022 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 505,903 followers View post →
LUCID Therapeutics
@thelucidproject · X

PLOS ONE has just published our very first clinical trial studying the effects of AI-personalized music and auditory beat stimulation on anxiety. Some participants experienced a 17% state anxiety reduction after one session of music listening with LUCID. https://t.co/lqgiMOYIn2

Mar 9, 2022 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 405 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine
@jhmusicmedicine · X

Apr 5, 2022 · 5 likes · 290 followers View post →

All mentions

Adiel Mallik
@adiel_mallik · X

@AreOhEssEyeEe @AreOhEssEyeEe That's what my own primary research that I conducted seems to indicate particularly for the easing stress and balancing emotions. https://t.co/UKrPsmfABh https://t.co/OkLiQjzZLl

Apr 11, 2025 · 163 followers View post →
Phil Daru
@DaruStrong · X

https://t.co/QYbRsrjluE

Jul 12, 2024 · 1 like · 9,143 followers View post →
RockwellTeriL
@RockwellTeriL · X

RT @adiel_mallik: @KissMyCarol https://t.co/OkLiQjzZLl

Sep 17, 2023 · 1 share · 1,142 followers View post →
Adiel Mallik
@adiel_mallik · X

@KissMyCarol https://t.co/OkLiQjzZLl

Sep 17, 2023 · 1 share · 163 followers View post →
nuni sas yu
@Nuni_Sas_Yu · X

RT @adiel_mallik: @truthfighter33 https://t.co/OkLiQjzZLl

Aug 13, 2023 · 1 share · 7,205 followers View post →
Adiel Mallik
@adiel_mallik · X

@truthfighter33 https://t.co/OkLiQjzZLl

Aug 13, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 163 followers View post →
Adiel Mallik
@adiel_mallik · X

@BowTiedBull My scientific publications back this up: https://t.co/UKrPsmfABh https://t.co/OkLiQjzZLl

Feb 4, 2023 · 163 followers View post →
Frank Russo
@thinkauditory · X

RT @musicandthemind: In a randomized clinical trial @TorontoMet researchers used auditory beat stimulation (ABS) in combination with calmin…

Sep 21, 2022 · 3 shares · 1,507 followers View post →
Debbie S
@Dmhairi · X

RT @musicandthemind: In a randomized clinical trial @TorontoMet researchers used auditory beat stimulation (ABS) in combination with calmin…

Sep 21, 2022 · 3 shares · 776 followers View post →
MIMM
@musicandthemind · X

In a randomized clinical trial @TorontoMet researchers used auditory beat stimulation (ABS) in combination with calming #music to determine if sound-based treatments are effective in reducing somatic & cognitive state #anxiety.

Sep 21, 2022 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 2,573 followers View post →
Dr. Eddie Ramirez
@EddieRDMD · X

Journal PLoS: Listening to music does reduce anxiety and calms you down Journal: https://t.co/HF0Jjz7f8g Press: https://t.co/5lMPUr8EYT @_TheFigen

Sep 9, 2022 · 1 like · 4,786 followers View post →
Research – Toronto Metropolitan University
@researchTMU · X

RT @musicandthemind: Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory…

Aug 9, 2022 · 7 shares · 5,333 followers View post →
Dr Susan Maury - @SusanMaury@fediscience.org
@SusanMaury · X

RT @musicandthemind: Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory…

Aug 6, 2022 · 7 shares · 1,391 followers View post →
Jennifer Buchanan
@musictherapy · X

RT @musicandthemind: Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory…

Aug 4, 2022 · 7 shares · 1,751 followers View post →
Debbie S
@Dmhairi · X

RT @musicandthemind: Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory…

Aug 3, 2022 · 7 shares · 776 followers View post →
Sue Doherty
@storiesmatter · X

RT @musicandthemind: Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory…

Aug 3, 2022 · 7 shares · 2,191 followers View post →
Hamilton Music Collective
@HamMusicCollect · X

RT @musicandthemind: Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory…

Aug 3, 2022 · 7 shares · 2,088 followers View post →
IngeniousChiHuaHua
@IngeniousChi · X

RT @musicandthemind: Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory…

Aug 3, 2022 · 7 shares · 841 followers View post →
MIMM
@musicandthemind · X

Researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (@TorontoMet) found that listening to #music, combined with auditory beat stimulation, helps reduce the physiological signs of #anxiety. Learn more about the randomized clinical trial here: https://t.co/UVQDB1AaNg @thinkauditory https://t.co/DK7R0JsbFK

Aug 3, 2022 · 16 likes · 7 shares · 2,573 followers View post →
Altamiro Bottino
@BottinoAltamiro · X

Music combined with auditory beat stimulation may reduce anxiety for some https://t.co/t721tBNfRo https://t.co/WZTHJJffpA https://t.co/KQrTxjX9jY

May 24, 2022 · 93 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine
@jhmusicmedicine · X

Apr 5, 2022 · 5 likes · 290 followers View post →
Adiel Mallik
@adiel_mallik · X

@CzWisit @Debussy100 Even things like listening to music will help with reducing anxiety and increasing calmness. My own peer-reviewed research is evidence of that: https://t.co/OkLiQjzZLl

Apr 4, 2022 · 1 like · 163 followers View post →
Adroits_Brain
@adroitsbrain · X

Original Research: The effects of music & auditory beat stimulation on anxiety: A randomized clinical trial. https://t.co/vGdej4lbC1

Mar 18, 2022 · 22 followers View post →
Bertrand Neveux
@NeveuxBertrand · X

#Neurosciences #psychiatrie : des traitements intégrant la #musique et la stimulation des battements auditifs sont efficaces pour réduire l' #anxiété d'état chez certains patients https://t.co/q8qdBrWtGb https://t.co/nzrWmo17sl

Mar 11, 2022 · 233 followers View post →
marc hauser
@md_hauser · X

Music & auditory beat stimulation reduce anxiety. https://t.co/eCByVArHkA

Mar 11, 2022 · 403 followers View post →
Tor H. Oiamo
@Torsalias · X

Great study on the effects of music & auditory beat stimulation on anxiety by @thinkauditory https://t.co/Ff1LoBOJxW

Mar 11, 2022 · 1 like · 202 followers View post →
Amy Clements
@DrAmyClements · X

RT @thinkauditory: New RCT with @adiel_mallik on the effects of music and auditory beat stimulation on anxiety. We find that combining thes…

Mar 10, 2022 · 2 shares · 637 followers View post →
TIMBRE
@TIMBREgroup · X

RT @thelucidproject: PLOS ONE has just published our very first clinical trial studying the effects of AI-personalized music and auditory b…

Mar 10, 2022 · 2 shares · 676 followers View post →
Manuel Ruiz-Adame
@ManuelRuizAdame · X

Sound-based treatments are effective in reducing somatic and cognitive state anxiety. For participants with moderate trait anxiety, combined conditions were most efficacious. https://t.co/HBJPCHGKa4 https://t.co/oScw7PnpM8

Mar 10, 2022 · 1 like · 3,629 followers View post →
Luc Tremblay
@tremblay_luc · X

RT @thinkauditory: New RCT with @adiel_mallik on the effects of music and auditory beat stimulation on anxiety. We find that combining thes…

Mar 10, 2022 · 2 shares · 356 followers View post →
J P Fanton
@HealthyFellow · X

Free, Full Text: https://t.co/cHq8An0Ed6 https://t.co/jNfVAgEsFk

Mar 9, 2022 · 1 like · 26,024 followers View post →
Dr. Eddie Ramirez
@EddieRDMD · X

Journal PLoS: Listening to music does reduce anxiety and calms you down Journal: https://t.co/HF0Jjz6HiI Press: https://t.co/Tc26WmFOTt @DrSusanBiali https://t.co/1bbMCDcm6T

Mar 9, 2022 · 2 likes · 4,786 followers View post →
the tz
@TransmediaZone · X

RT @thelucidproject: PLOS ONE has just published our very first clinical trial studying the effects of AI-personalized music and auditory b…

Mar 9, 2022 · 2 shares · 1,594 followers View post →
Agingdoc
@agingdoc1 · X

The effects of music & auditory beat stimulation on anxiety: A randomized clinical trial (2022) https://t.co/4MZPbJlM89

Mar 9, 2022 · 41,810 followers View post →
Reira Espinosa
@reira_espinosa · X

RT @NeuroscienceNew: “The effects of music & auditory beat stimulation on anxiety: A randomized clinical trial” by Adiel Mallik et al. PLOS…

Mar 9, 2022 · 3 shares · 186 followers View post →
Frank Russo
@thinkauditory · X

New RCT with @adiel_mallik on the effects of music and auditory beat stimulation on anxiety. We find that combining these two treatment modalities is more effective than either one on its own @thelucidproject https://t.co/cNkXEBZKW0 https://t.co/fwPOt6CV9W

Mar 9, 2022 · 19 likes · 2 shares · 1,507 followers View post →
Neuroscience News
@NeuroscienceNew · X

“The effects of music & auditory beat stimulation on anxiety: A randomized clinical trial” by Adiel Mallik et al. PLOS ONE https://t.co/qG3R9LSG3v

Mar 9, 2022 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 505,903 followers View post →
LUCID Therapeutics
@thelucidproject · X

PLOS ONE has just published our very first clinical trial studying the effects of AI-personalized music and auditory beat stimulation on anxiety. Some participants experienced a 17% state anxiety reduction after one session of music listening with LUCID. https://t.co/lqgiMOYIn2

Mar 9, 2022 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 405 followers View post →