Overview

• Joyful music cut self‑reported symptoms by 57.3% and soft music by 56.7% after a 60‑second listen, outperforming passionate music at 48.3%.
• Sad music was counterproductive, reducing symptoms by 40% compared with 43.3% for a no‑music rest control group.
• Thirty preselected, carsick‑prone participants wore EEG caps and were split into six groups, with four receiving one music type during recovery.
• EEG readings showed reduced complexity in occipital‑lobe activity during sickness that trended back toward baseline as participants recovered.
• Exploratory machine‑learning models classified rising sickness from EEG features, and authors urged larger, real‑world studies and tests of personal music preference.