You may have heard the claim that listening to classical music makes you smarter. But is this just a myth, or does classical music really have an effect on the brain? Music, as they say, nourishes the ...

Music from different cultures proves that sound is a natural, worldwide shortcut to healing our emotions. You can easily use ...

In 1993, three dozen college students filed into a lab in Irvine, Calif., to take part in an unusual experiment. The lead researcher, Frances Rauscher, a red-haired woman in her late 30s and a former ...

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 ...

The study is remarkable because it combines classical music and neurophysiology to map the changes that occur in the brain with age. At Aarhus University Hospital, 76 participants underwent brain ...

Last of two parts BELOW are some music genres that can help students study and learn: Classical — it might not be your thing, ...

"Brain activity can also be conditioned when manipulated through external brain stimulation." This is interesting, because TMS can also be used as a therapeutic approach, for example to improve the ...

When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his own life]. He’d been listening to ...

Zubin Kanga describes himself as a pianist, composer and technologist. In his latest work, Cyborg Pianist, which premiered at Kings Place, London, he commissioned composers to create new works that ...