Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with high blood pressure respond positively while listening to "predictable" music, say the authors of a new study.

New research shows that blood pressure, like heart rate and breathing, synchronises more to predictable phrase structures in music, which may improve the body’s baroreflex sensitivity, i.e. its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Predictability of music could impact listeners’ BP. Music loudness rather than tempo had a larger effect.

A new study has found that blood pressure synchronises to predictable phrase structures in music. Blood pressure was more affected by loudness than tempo and was more strongly influenced by phrase ...