But in the long term, too much cortisol can kill you because it actually shrinks your hippocampus, the brain area responsible for memory storage,” says Avron. And although the test subjects were ...

Scientists measure the variability in musical pieces. Music is widely known to evoke emotions, but how exactly do these ...

Neuroscientists have discovered brain cells that form multiple coordinate systems to tell us 'where we are' in a sequence of behaviors. These cells can play out different sequences of actions, just ...

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Ninety-six residents of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater sat in rapt attention as a pianist, violinist and cellist played a 60-minute classical music concert Wednesday. The residents ...