Music is a profound act of human creation. Music can transform our ongoing psychological state in an instant, and potentially enhance psychological functioning across the lifespan. Whether it be ...

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 ...

Yes, yes, it hath charms to soothe a savage breast (or beast, if you prefer to repeat a common mistake). But researchers are finding that music may be an effective balm for many other afflictions: the ...

A new Northwestern University study provides the first direct evidence that a community music program for at-risk youth has a biological effect on children's developing nervous systems. Two years of ...

"One good thing about music, is when it hits you, you feel no pain." Judging from the quote above, Bob Marley was part poet, part scientist. That's because there's truth to his head-bobbing lyrics ...

Ambient music is a common tool people use to help themselves focus when working or studying. Its calming atmosphere makes it easier to block out distractions and enhances productivity. But what makes ...

I think of music as a kind of window into brain function, a way of studying the brain, because music is something that allows us to better understand how the brain evolved and how our species evolved, ...

Dan Fabbio was working as music teacher and earning his Master's degree when he began to "see and hear things that I knew were not real" Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at ...