The most popular music to listen to while cutting into human flesh, it turns out, is classical music. And its soothing effects may carry over to the patient—one study found that “relaxing music” was more effective at reducing patients’ pre-operation nervousness than anti-anxiety drugs were.
Operating tunes: How music helps surgery
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