Dancing to music that you don't enjoy? How your brain separates groove from musical pleasure . Even people who dislike music have a strong urge to move to it, new study suggests.

This article was originally published with the title “ Your Brain Separates Speech and Music ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 332 No. 1 (January 2025), p. 79 doi:10.1038 ...

What happens in your brain when you listen to your favorite music? Can hearing a nostalgic song from your youth actually improve your cognitive health and help fight off conditions like Alzheimer's?

In the Brain, Music, and Learning team, we investigate various music-related phenomena that are relevant to learning, teaching, and music enjoyment in our every-day life. Our studies cover music ...

How ambient music eliminates distractions. Since music with words activates the linguistic region of the brain, it is by nature something that monopolizes our attention span.

Different speeds of music can put your brain into different states of alertness and focus. Slower music around 60 to 70 beats per minute can help calm an anxious or overstimulated mind, ...