When we listen to music and find it beautiful, our brains engage in a different pattern of activity compared to when we listen to music we don’t find beautiful. A recent study using brain imaging ...

Music has been central to human cultures for tens of thousands of years, but how our brains perceive it has long been shrouded in mystery. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a precise ...

Google isn't new to using AI for creating music, launching its MusicLM in January to generate music from text. Now Google has upped the ante and is using AI to read your brain -- and produce sound ...

If you’ve ever listened to a song that was from an earlier time in your life and instantly been transported back to where you would have been when listening to it previously, then you know the power ...

Listening to our favorite music activates the same parts of the brain as food and sex, reveals new research. The study showed that listening to the tunes we like most affects the function of the brain ...

In 2020 an incredible video went viral. It featured a former ballet dancer named Marta Cinta González Saldaña, suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease in her senior years. In the video, Saldaña ...

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 ...

Restaurateurs want you to enjoy your dining experience. However, it’s not only about the food: ambiance matters. The music within each restaurant is carefully chosen according to the presumed tastes ...

“Music is the medicine of the mind.” That is what American soldier and politician John A. Logan (1826–1886) once said. I kind of agree with it. Being a classically trained mezzosoprano, I know from ...

A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system. Music can evoke intense pleasure, sometimes ...

A recent Scientific Reports study determined the presence of shared neural fingerprints between parents and their children while listening to stories. Study: Parent–child couples display shared neural ...

You've experienced it, right? Listening to a song that transports you somewhere you can't explain. Slow or fast, rock, pop, or classical, the song gives you chills while filling your soul. Nothing ...