Music has a remarkable ability to evoke powerful memories and emotions. When we listen to a piece of music from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment. Music can act as a direct line to our ...

Music training is good for the brain. Nina Kraus, a prominent brain researcher at Northwestern University, says that "music training leads to changes throughout the auditory system that prime ...

Scientists are gradually understanding more about how and when music therapy works. One of the known uses of music in therapy is for Alzheimer’s and dementia therapy, where listening to music can help ...

Learning an instrument can help children improve their linguistic skills, and may even help people recover from memory loss after brain injury, researchers have found. These are the findings of a ...

Music improves mood and memory to such an extent that treatment strategies for diseases like Alzheimer's or dementia sometimes incorporate music. But how music boosts memory remains unclear. In a new ...

Music that evokes an emotional response may influence the specificity of memory recall, new research suggests. Investigators found that participants who were shown a series of images of everyday items ...

Performing from memory can be a pretty liberating experience… But it can be an awfully stressful and anxiety-inducing experience too! Especially if you’ve had a memory slip – or even a near-memory ...

Just a few chords from a song can instantly transport you back to a loved one’s funeral or your graduation day. This demonstrates that music is far more than mere background noise; it serves as a ...

Louise Kent is a big George Michael fan, but listening to Faith — one of the late British singer's biggest hits — is complicated. "Whenever I hear it on the radio, I am transported 27 years back to ...

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