Humming tunes is known as a good stress buster. Now, a new research has further proved it by suggesting that people who sing regularly are happier than their non-singing counterparts. In fact, choristers have a better quality of life than other people.
The results of the study are based on a survey of more than 1100 choral singers in Australia, Germany and the UK.
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"They're actually much more satisfied with their health overall and their life in general than everyone else," Stuff.Co.NZ quoted Professor Don Stewart, head of public health at Griffith University in Queensland, as saying.
"It's quite a remarkable find really, and quite inspiring," Stewart added.
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It found 51 per cent of the choralists had long-term health problems, more than twice the Australian norm. They also scored below average on a WHO scale of psychological health and social functioning.
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Money and Happiness
The saying goes that money can't buy happiness. But inquiring economists have been working for decades trying to prove or disprove the notion.
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"That's definitely above the norm so there's something special happening here," Stewart said.
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People tend to underestimate the intensity of their recalled feelings if those feelings are mixed, as opposed to purely happy or sad, according to a new study.
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