Metalheads can endure pain longer thanks to the festival experience: Listening to heavy metal music at the Wacken Open Air increases the audience's pain tolerance

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🤘 Listening to heavy metal music at Wacken Open Air in 2023 appears to increase pain tolerance. Researchers studied 122 metal fans, finding they could endure pain from ice-cold water for longer, suggesting a higher acceptance of unpleasant sensations.

🌡️ The study, conducted by Lydia Schneider from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, measured participants' ability to keep their hands in ice-cold water. Festivalgoers were able to endure the pain longer than a control group who hadn't yet experienced the concerts.

🧠 This research, also involving Tom Fritz from the Max Planck Institute, suggests that angry music like heavy metal could be clinically relevant. It might help chronic pain patients express anger, potentially influencing pain progression, as opposed to solely using relaxing music.

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