Melissa Weinberg Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Melissa Weinberg It's that active engagement that seems to be critical, people who intentionally interact with music, they're using an outlet to express their emotions. Melissa Weinberg top-news Music seems to be a way that can facilitate social connections, and we know social relationships are absolutely critical to subjective wellbeing. Anything that has people coming together through mutual interest or commonality will contribute to this, including music. Melissa Weinberg top-news It's just as plausible that the people who are happier have a reason to dance, or the people who have more resources go to concerts, i think [the study] is more reflective of the way we think about music. Melissa Weinberg top-news I think it's interesting that, in today's day and age everybody's sort of walking around with headphones in their ears and not engaging with others, yet there's a clear difference between listening to music in isolation, versus listening to music with others or engaging with music. Melissa Weinberg top-news We found there were differences in those who danced or attended music events. Melissa Weinberg top-news
