Advances in AI technology will enable personalized music medicine by matching key features from music to an individual’s preferences and needs. This can be achieved through the integration of vast knowledge about individuals’ music tastes, biometric data, and smart devices tracking emotional states or needs.
The Future of Music in Health Care
A New Era of Personalized Medicine
Advances in AI technology will enable personalized music medicine by extracting key features from music and matching them to an individual’s preferences and needs.
Integration with Biometrics and Wearables
Companies already possess vast knowledge about individuals’ music tastes, search history, location, calendar, contacts list, and social media views. Smart devices also track biometric data such as heart rate, blood oxygenation level, and skin conductance. This information can be used to serve personalized music recommendations based on an individual’s emotional state or needs.
A Growing Trend in Health Care
Music therapy has been used for centuries to relieve a variety of ailments, from chronic pain to depression and anxiety. In recent years, scientific research has provided a rational basis for the use of music as a medical treatment.
History of Music Therapy
Beliefs and practices about music’s ability to heal date back to the Upper Paleolithic period, around 20,000 years ago. Music was widely used by shamans and other healers to treat various ailments, including mental disorders, injuries, and illnesses.
Examples of Personalized Music Medicine
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Serving calming music during periods of high stress
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Providing invigorating music for exercise workouts
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Offering music to help individuals focus at work
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Treating ailments like chronic pain, depression, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s with targeted music therapy
