Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and ...

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 ...

Music affects us so deeply that it can essentially take control of our brain waves and get our bodies moving. Now, neuroscientists at Stanford's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are taking advantage of ...

When Amy Richter was a little girl, her father often traveled for work. He often came home bearing gifts of music and record albums. They bonded while poring over all that vinyl, she recalls, ...

“Music is the medicine of the mind.” That is what American soldier and politician John A. Logan (1826–1886) once said. I kind of agree with it. Being a classically trained mezzosoprano, I know from ...

Magsamen is the Founder and Director of the International Arts + Mind Lab Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University. She is the co-author with Ivy Ross of Your Brain on Art: How ...

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 ...

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

I’ve heard it said that coding runs the world. Coding makes possible a computer’s operating system as well as how websites and apps function. Facebook is made from code, as is the website you are ...