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Why humming is good for your mental health

Allan Rose Hill
Oct 08, 2024
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image: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Shutterstock
image: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Shutterstock

Humming has mental health benefits, and there are clear scientific reasons why. Beyond just satisfying yourself with song (and potentially annoying others), humming generates vibrations that resonate through the body, stimulating the vagus nerve which is a key part of the parasympathetic nervous system that's respo…

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