Music

Singing lullabies and nursery rhymes to children is something parents have done for generations. Now, researchers confirm that singing to babies has a real benefit. A study from the University of [...]

What does your brain do when you hear a sound? The answer depends on your experiences. Research from Northwestern University’s Auditory Neuroscience Lab, led by Nina Kraus, suggests that many [...]

Learning to understand and play music shapes the brain. A new study from New York University (NYU) finds that analyzing how brain rhythms are used in processing music could help researchers [...]

Music provides entertainment and brings people together, but it may also play a role in emotional regulation. Many people listen to music to help themselves feel more upbeat or to calm down, but [...]

Musicians present an opportunity for researchers to study neuroplasticity and brain networks. In a new study a multinational group of researchers discovered that musicians have enhanced [...]

A novel study from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center investigates how music affects the brains of people with epilepsy. The majority of epilepsy cases are temporal lobe epilepsy, in [...]

The evidence for the importance of music training for young people continues to grow, thanks to a new study from Northwestern University. The study contributes to a body of evidence suggesting [...]

Many people listen to music to relax and numerous studies have demonstrated that listening to music has benefits. New research from the Royal College of Music’s Centre for Performance Science [...]

Everyone can appreciate a good song even, new research finds, your genes. A study from the University of Helsinki reports that music enhanced (up-regulated) or diminished (down-regulated) the [...]