3D Music Impact on Autonomic Nervous System Response and Its Therapeutic Potential

摘要

This paper is made to observe the impact of 3D (three-dimensional) and 2D (two-dimensional) music on autonomic nervous system. The experiment detected the intervention effect of 3D music on autonomic nervous system's responses from the general population and explored its therapeutic potential. In this study, seventy-three healthy participants listened to four music tracks with headphones: 3D slow music, 2D slow music, 3D fast music and 2D fast music. The results show that galvanic skin response (GSR) data decreased in all participants after listening to 3D music. The 3D music, which bears obvious characteristics of sound source spatial movements, significantly changed participants' GSR compared to the benchmark obtained before the experiment (P<0.05). As such, it can be reasonably argued that 3D music may improve the regulation of autonomic nervous system responses, which contributes to the health of mind and body, and may be used as an auxiliary means for interventions of psychological and physiological diseases such as anxiety and insomnia in the future.