Making music is a mental workout. The brain must simultaneously co-ordinate sound and vision, as well as fine motor control, focus and imagination. Over time this stretches the brain like a muscle.

STORRS, Conn. — Music makes us tap our feet and feel emotions without us consciously deciding to do so. But why? According to fascinating research, it’s not just about your brain predicting what comes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows how your brain tracks emotional transitions and adapts based on past feelings using music and brain imaging.

Music affects us so deeply that it can essentially take control of our brain waves and get our bodies moving. Now, neuroscientists at Stanford's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are taking advantage of ...

Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful.

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 ...

Neuroscientists collect huge amounts of data, ranging from brain activity measurements to behavioral observations. Finding patterns in those data can be difficult even for computers, but for humans it ...

In two separate studies, researchers learned more about the way that our brains respond to music. One study found that brain neurons synchronize with musical rhythms, while the other showed how ...

EdSource · School screen time is rising. California parents are asking where to draw the line When Amy Richter was a little girl, her father often traveled for work. He often came home bearing gifts ...

Working seems especially hard in the summer. As I write this, it’s 73 degrees outside without a single cloud. I catch myself staring out the window for minutes at a time, thinking about reading and ...

“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 ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is examining an existing biofeedback technology to help first responders work better on long, round-the-clock disaster relief efforts. According to ...