Music has been central to human cultures for tens of thousands of years, but how our brains perceive it has long been shrouded in mystery. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a precise ...

Perhaps you should have been more excited to take those piano lessons as a child. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital conducted a controlled study using functional MRI brain imaging and found a ...

Do those words sound familiar? That’s because they’re the lyrics to Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass,” slightly tweaked to function as a medical study tool. J.C. Sue, DO Early in med school, J.C.

Ever heard just a snippet of a song and instantly known what comes next? Or picked up the rhythm of a chorus after just a few notes? New research from the Center for Music in the Brain at Aarhus ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music. Two sets of neurons encode absolute pitch (individual musical notes) and ...

A patient with headphones playing music during surgery in a hospital in Delhi Under the harsh lights of an operating theatre in the Indian capital, Delhi, a woman lies motionless as surgeons prepare ...

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they ...

A recent study by the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in Berkeley, Calif., suggests young people who listen to rap and hip-hop are more likely to abuse ...

According to MIDiA Research's latest report, it's harder to get a consumer aged 16-24 than any other age group to take steps to consume a song off of social media. By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer A ...

You've signed up for classes, you've learned your way around the virtual course system — and now, you've got to make sure you survive all the way to graduation ...