Slow pentatonic sequences facilitate sleep onset

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI:10.1177/03057356251359079

Marco Costa, Alice Andreose, Francesco Barzetta, Alessia Beracci, Marco Fabbri, Raffaele Ferri, Valeria Gigli, Federica Giudetti, Martina Grimaldi, Monica Martoni, Vincenzo Natale, Nicola Prodi, Lorenzo Tonetti, Chiara Visentin, Miranda Occhionero

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Abstract

Previous literature on the effects of musical stimuli in facilitating sleep onset has produced mixed results. This study aimed to test the efficacy of very slow pentatonic melodic sequences in facilitating sleep onset compared with a silence control condition. Twenty-two participants slept for four nights in a sleep lab with polysomnographic recording. The four nights included a first adaptation night and three experimental nights. Two nights included musical stimulation with speed in the delta and sub-delta range (1 Hz and 0.2 Hz, respectively), and one night included silence (control). The two musical stimulations consisted of pentatonic melodic sequences. Music was played from lights off until the onset of the slow-wave sleep (SWS) stage. Sleep onset latency, N1 duration, N2 latency, first N2 duration, SWS latency, sleep architecture, and spectral power of the interval from lights off to sleep onset were assessed from polysomnographic recordings. The results showed shorter latencies for sleep onset, N2, and SWS latencies with 0.2 Hz pentatonic sequences. Spectral analysis of the electroencephalography (EEG) data from lights off to sleep onset showed a significant increase in delta EEG oscillations in both musical conditions. Very slow musical stimulation can facilitate sleep onset.

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缓慢的五声序列有助于睡眠的开始

先前关于音乐刺激在促进睡眠中的作用的文献产生了不同的结果。本研究旨在测试非常慢的五声旋律序列在促进睡眠开始方面的效果，并与沉默控制条件进行比较。22名参与者在睡眠实验室里睡了四个晚上，并接受了多导睡眠仪的记录。这四个晚上包括第一个适应之夜和三个实验之夜。两个晚上包括速度在三角洲和次三角洲范围（分别为1 Hz和0.2 Hz）的音乐刺激，一个晚上包括沉默（对照组）。这两种音乐刺激由五声旋律序列组成。音乐从熄灯一直播放到慢波睡眠（SWS）阶段。从多导睡眠图记录中评估睡眠开始潜伏期、N1持续时间、N2持续时间、第一N2持续时间、SWS潜伏期、睡眠结构和从关灯到睡眠开始的间隔频谱功率。结果显示，0.2 Hz五声序列的睡眠潜伏期、N2潜伏期和SWS潜伏期较短。从熄灯到入睡的脑电图（EEG）数据的频谱分析显示，在两种音乐条件下，delta脑电图振荡显著增加。非常缓慢的音乐刺激可以促进睡眠。

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Psychology of Music Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.