Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that the brain cannot learn simultaneously through both classical conditioning and operant conditioning. In fact, the brain actively prevents the ...

Whether Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart, it's widely recognized that classical music can affect a person's mood. In a study published August 9 in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports, scientists in China ...

Whether Bach, Beethovan, or Mozart, it's widely recognized that classical music can affect a person's mood. Scientists use brainwave measurements and neural imaging techniques to show how Western ...

The relationship between music and the human brain has fascinated neuroscientists for decades. While meditation has long been celebrated for its cognitive benefits, recent neurological research ...

In a video that’s racked up over 845,000 views, @thedymejackson shares her experiment results after a week of listening exclusively to Baroque and instrumental classical music. She begins, “So here’s ...

Find out why a live classical concert changes you completely. Your brain, body, and emotions react differently than you ever ...

A new study has found that learning to play music—even later in life—can improve brain function in older adults. The research was led by Dr. Jennifer MacRitchie from the University of Sheffield, in ...

Parents have long intuitively known that music holds more than mere entertainment value for their little ones. Now, scientific research confirms this parental wisdom, establishing music as a powerful ...

Music is both a brain and a body experience—illness can impair this experience, while music can be a means to treat illness.

Researchers are using works by Johann Sebastian Bach, along with MEG and MRI scans, to investigate how the brain compensates for age-related changes. Older people are just as capable as younger ...

The hippocampus serves as the primary learning and memory center of the brain, but this is not where our memories are held. Rather, memory traces or engrams are represented by the connections between ...