Professor Paul Colombo has studied music-based mentoring, memory, and the benefits of music training over the course of his ...

In two separate studies, researchers learned more about the way that our brains respond to music. One study found that brain neurons synchronize with musical rhythms, while the other showed how ...

The funding will support research at Emory’s Brain Health Institute, where scientists are studying whether music can help ...

A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

Listening to music can lift mood and motivation, but does it really improve cognition? A psychiatrist explains how music ...

Music can lift your spirits, calm your nerves, or break your heart in a few notes. It can also nudge what you remember, but ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

A small group of people experience no pleasure from music despite normal hearing and intact emotions. Brain imaging reveals ...

A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) found that twice-daily slow-tempo music (60 to 80 beats per minute ...

Everyone has different habits. Some people prefer to have some background noise, like music, going when they’re working or exercising. Others need complete and total silence to be able to accomplish ...

A new imaging study showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system. A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to favorite ...