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ArticleAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2026

Effects of Classical Music on Behavioral and Physiological Stress Markers in Socially Isolated Prairie Voles.

Yessenia Chavez, Nathan Campbell, Yujun Liu, Hongdao Meng, Jamie Mayer, Christopher Wright, Alex Amidei, Insha Butail, Chloe Steffel, Chirantana Dayanandaswamy and 1 more

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Article in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yessenia ChavezDepartment of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Nathan CampbellDepartment of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Yujun LiuGerontology/Leadership and Aging Services, School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Hongdao MengSchool of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Jamie MayerSpeech-Language Pathology, Division of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Christopher WrightDepartment of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Alex AmideiDepartment of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Insha ButailDepartment of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Chloe SteffelGerontology/Leadership and Aging Services, School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Chirantana DayanandaswamySchool of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Angela J GrippoDepartment of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

Funding

Promoting resilience and mechanisms underlying emotion and cardiovascular health as a function of adolescent social stressR15HL179691 · NHLBI · NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY · PI GRIPPO, ANGELA J · 2025 to 2025
$380k
NHLBI NIH HHS R15 HL179691NIH HL179691Northern Illinois University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic social stressors negatively affect behavioral, physiological, and neuroendocrine functioning. Interventions such as listening to music may alter behavioral and physiological responses to social stressors. This study investigated the effects of music exposure (vs. ambient noise) during chronic social isolation on physiological and behavioral outcomes in socially monogamous prairie voles. Potential sex differences in responses to chronic social isolation with and without music exposure were also examined. Music exposure significantly reduced validated anxiety- and depression-related behavioral responses (increased exploration and grooming, and reduced immobility) and improved physiological measures (heart rate and heart rate variability) in chronically socially isolated prairie voles. Music exposure attenuated an endocrine indicator of stress relative to ambient noise conditions. Minor sex differences were observed; however, music protected against behavioral and physiological indicators of social isolation in both female and male prairie voles. This study demonstrates protective behavioral and physiological effects of music in a social context, and has translational potential for humans who experience chronic social isolation.

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ArvicolinaeBehavior, AnimalMusicSocial IsolationStress, PhysiologicalStress, PsychologicalAnimalsBiomarkersFemaleHeart RateMaleBiomarkersbehaviorcardiovascularclassical musiccorticosteroneprairie volesocial isolation

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PMID42689959
PMCPMC13539963

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