The University of California-Irvine study of the Mozart effect on the human brain got us to thinking, which is not surprising. If listening to Mozart’s music increases IQ, can listening to Ba… ...

Music by Mozart has been shown to have an anti-epileptic effect on the brain and may be a possible treatment to prevent epileptic seizures, according to new research presented today at the 7th ...

IDEAS The ‘Mozart effect’ is bunk. But your brain on music is still a wondrous thing. The neurological signature of musicians’ brains is that of an ‘auditory-motor athlete.’ ...

You may have heard the claim that listening to classical music makes you smarter. But is this just a myth, or does classical ...

Melissa Healy is a former health and science reporter with the Los Angeles Times who wrote from the Washington, D.C., area. She covered prescription drugs, obesity, nutrition and exercise, and ...

A 2015 study (Verussio, W. et al.) investigated the influence of Mozart’s music on brain activity. The subjects were 10 healthy adults, 10 healthy elderly, and 10 elderly with diagnosis of mild ...

Brain Academy' Jeon Hyun-moo empathizes with Mozart and summons the days of 'Free Declaration'In the sixth episode of the ...

Music, particularly Mozart's compositions, can evoke deep emotions and enhance cognitive functions. The 'Mozart Effect' is a concept suggesting that listening to Mozart's music may temporarily ...

This post is a review of I Heard There Was A Secret Chord: Music As Medicine. By Daniel J. Levitin. W.W. Norton & Co. 405 pp. $32.50. In 1993, Nature magazine reported on a study suggesting that ...