Ambient music is a common tool people use to help themselves focus when working or studying. Its calming atmosphere makes it ...

From helping people cope with age-related disorders to altering our perception of physical pain, music's impact on our bodies ...

The relationship between music and the human brain has fascinated neuroscientists for decades. While meditation has long been celebrated for its cognitive benefits, recent neurological research ...

A brain-healthy lifestyle includes not only physical wellness and nutrition, but also emotional well-being, social connection and mental stimulation.

You've experienced it, right? Listening to a song that transports you somewhere you can't explain. Slow or fast, rock, pop, or classical, the song gives you chills while filling your soul. Nothing ...

EdSource · Sexual abuse claims threaten school district budgets, even when not accused When Amy Richter was a little girl, her father often traveled for work. He often came home bearing gifts of music ...

A Steinway Spirio player piano can capture every detail of a performance and reproduce it, keystroke for keystroke. In ...

Researchers are using works by Johann Sebastian Bach, along with MEG and MRI scans, to investigate how the brain compensates for age-related changes. Older people are just as capable as younger ...

This post is a review of I Heard There Was A Secret Chord: Music As Medicine. By Daniel J. Levitin. W.W. Norton & Co. 405 pp. $32.50. In 1993, Nature magazine reported on a study suggesting that ...