MUSIC
MUSIC AND MOVIES PLAY WITH OUR MINDS BY BENDING TIME
Emotional processing may be linked to perception of time in music and movies, a new study reports.… READ MORE…
CAN LISTENING TO MUSIC HELP YOU FALL ASLEEP?
Researchers explore how listening to music prior to sleep could impact how well you rest.… READ MORE…
STUDY COMBINES MUSIC AND BRAIN STIMULATION TO IMPROVE MEMORY
Combining non-invasive brain stimulation with a person’s favorite music from the past may help to activate old memories and improve mood for older patients with MCI, a new study reports.… READ MORE…
WHEN MUSIC MAKES MALE FACES MORE ATTRACTIVE
Exposure to music, specifically complex and highly stimulating music, leads women to rate male faces as more attractive and increases willingness to date the men pictured, a new study reports.… READ MORE…
HOW MUSIC ALTERS OUR PERCEPTION OF TOUCH
The sexier we perceive the piece of music we are listening to, the more sensual we believe the touch of another, or a robot, to be, a new study reports. Researchers note we perceive touch differently depending on the music we are listening to.… READ MORE…
HOW THE HUMAN BRAIN DETECTS THE ‘MUSIC’ OF SPEECH
Researchers at UCSF discover neurons in the superior temporal gyrus change activity depending on where emphasis falls in a sentence.… READ MORE…
WHAT DOES MUSIC MEAN? SIGN LANGUAGE MAY OFFER AN ANSWER
Researchers examine sign language iconicity to gain insight into how we are able to detect meaning from music.… READ MORE…
MUSICIANS HAVE HIGHER PREVALENCE OF EATING DISORDERS
Researchers from Imperial College London report musicians may be at a reduced risk of developing eating disorders. In a recent study, researchers found the higher prevalence of eating disorders could be a result of the demands of the job in combination with certain personality traits, including increased levels of perfectionism.… READ MORE…
CREATING MUSIC BY THOUGHT ALONE
Researchers have created a new musical instrument that can be controlled by thought alone. The instrument, dubbed the Encephalophone, may help as a rehabilitation tool for those with motor disabilities, the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience study reports.… READ MORE…
LEARNING WITH MUSIC CAN CHANGE BRAIN STRUCTURE
Listening to music while learning a new physical skill can help increase connectivity in the white matter tract linking auditory and motor regions of the brain, a new study reports.… READ MORE…
CONTROLLING A SINGLE BRAIN CHEMICAL MAY HELP EXPAND WINDOW FOR LEARNING LANGUAGE AND MUSIC
Using mouse models, researchers restricted a key chemical messenger to extend efficient auditory learning until much later in life. Disrupting adenosine signaling in the auditory thalamus allowed researchers to extend the window for auditory learning well into adulthood and far beyond the current critical period. … READ MORE…
THE STORY OF MUSIC IS THE STORY OF HUMANS
A new report reveals how the development of music is so closely tied to our own evolution.… READ MORE…
