In a study published recently in PLOS One, Ripollés and his colleagues recruited 200 volunteers and split them into four groups, each listening to a different type of sound for 10-minute ...

Music can have wide-ranging effects on the brain, impacting everything from cognitive performance to stress levels. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

We are wired for music. We bring the world into our bodies and brains through our senses. On a biological level, when I was listening to “Drift Away,” the music and sound activated my eardrums ...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A group of scientists from around the world, led by Edward Large at the University of Connecticut, have found that our brain cells can physically match the rhythm of music.

Music creates faster dopamine response than meditation. The brain’s reward system responds to music with remarkable speed and intensity. When you hear a particularly moving musical passage or ...

Music on the brain: Listening can influence our brain’s activity The "Mozart effect" isn't real—but music does affect our mental processes. Abdullah Iqbal – Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am | 73 ...

Listen: There’s a surprising antidote to feeling stress, pain, loneliness or lack of motivation. It’s called music. Music influences the brain to regulate hormones in a way that can neutralize ...

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 ...

Since these two brain regions operate independently, someone with musical anhedonia, who has a less active ventral striatum when listening to music, can still have a normal groove response because ...

Brain Matters Does music make you move? Here’s why our brain loves to groove. We enjoy trying to predict how the music will go, and we move to help us make that prediction, research shows.