Classical music improves surgeons’ performance, study shows

Surgeons’ performance can be significantly improved by listening to classical music in the operating theatre, new research from Dundee University reveals.

ClassicFM reports that the study, published in the International Journal of Surgery, found that listening to Mozart and Bach can boost doctors’ performance by up to 11 per cent.

Procedures were also completed ten per cent quicker with music in the background.

And it’s all further proof of the ‘Mozart effect’: gentle music, the study says, reduces stress levels and helps surgeons focus, as well as reducing patients’ anxiety.

Patients also needed fewer painkillers or anaesthetic while music was playing.

Via Classic FM