Short CommunicationAttending a concert reduces glucocorticoids, progesterone and the cortisol/DHEA ratio
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Acknowledgements
We wish to thank Eric Whitacre, Claire Long and Megan Davies, as well as colleagues at London's Union Chapel and the 2015 Cheltenham Music Festival, for their support in recruiting participants and running the study.
Ethical approval
The study was approved by Conservatoires UK ethics committee, and participants provided informed consent prior to participating.
Funding
This research was carried out as part of ‘Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery’, a Connected Communities project funded by the UK's Arts and Humanities
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