When a sound repeats steadily—like a drumbeat, a bell, or even a clock ticking—it doesn’t just echo in your ears. Deep inside your brain, something far more interesting happens. Instead of just ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a striking idea: some brain cells appear to be tuned specifically to music, firing in ...

Kimberly King was chatting with her sister when she suddenly remembered there was an important email she was supposed to send out. “I’ve got to find my phone,” Kimberly said nervously. “Kimberly…it’s ...

You know that feeling when your brain feels like a browser with 47 tabs open, and half of them are playing different videos at the same time? You sit down to work or ...

Life begins with music. The human body provides the basic musical elements for the soundtrack to fetal development. The rhythmic pulsing of mom’s heartbeat, the rise and fall of her footsteps, the ...

Everyone can relate to the experience of feeling a chill reverberate across their body upon listening to a favorite song. We know listening to music can provoke strong sensations of pleasure and prior ...

It’s a groundbreaking project, said Assistant Professor of Digital Music Badie Khaleghian, when asked about the work that rising junior Jintae Park has been doing over the summer, under his ...

Music activates multiple brain areas at once, creating a workout for the mind Dementia affects more than 6 million Americans and accounts for more than 100,000 deaths in the country each year, ...

The six anatomical layers of the mammalian brain cortex show distinct patterns of electrical activity which are consistent throughout the entire cortex and across several animal species, including ...

A new comprehensive analysis on the effect of Mozart's music on epilepsy has confirmed that listening to his piano music can reduce the frequency of epilepsy attacks. The results of this comprehensive ...