Listening to music can lift mood and motivation, but does it really improve cognition? A psychiatrist explains how music ...

There is a long-standing debate in the field of music cognition about the impact of musical training and whether formal ...

The subset of people who don't experience joy or derive pleasure from music have "musical anhedonia" and it's happening in ...

Researchers compare the outcomes of 7 weeks of music therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in cancer survivors with ...

A small group of people experience no pleasure from music despite normal hearing and intact emotions. Brain imaging reveals ...

Fred Lerdahl proposes a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms.

A brain-healthy lifestyle includes not only physical wellness and nutrition, but also emotional well-being, social connection ...

The funding will support research at Emory’s Brain Health Institute, where scientists are studying whether music can help ...

People living with dementia will soon be offered weekly choir sessions to reap the cognitive benefits of live music and ...

A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

People over 80 with memory of those in their 50s show less brain shrinkage and other differences. For a Canadian centenarian, ...

They were surprised to find out that music therapy was just as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy or talk therapy.