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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New cases of dementia are estimated to double by 2060, but the good news is that about 45 percent of those cases may be preventable by making lifestyle changes known to help preserve memory or ...

The actor, known for ‘Lost’, ‘The Hobbit’ trilogy, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shared the diagnosis in an emotional ...

A new study has linked our ability or inability to move in sync with music to our genes. Using data from 600,000 participants, the study identified 69 genetic variants related to the ability to move ...