43. What can be inferred about the author’s attitude toward and perspective of music therapy?
(A) Music therapy is an evidence-based therapy.
(B) Music therapy is just listening to music.
(C) Anyone can get a job as a music therapist.
(D) Music therapy doesn’t address serious issues.

(A) Music therapy is an evidence-based therapy.

Music grabs our attention and distracts us from stimuli that may lead to negative experiences, such as worry, pain, anxiety, and so on. This may also explain the anxiety and pain-reducing effects of listening to music during medical procedures. Moreover, music can regulate the activity of brain regions that are involved in the initiation, generation, maintenance, termination, and modulation of emotions. Music is related to memory processes. It is also involved in the analysis of musical syntax and musical meaning.