Music And Eye Contact Synced Strangers’ Brains In Real Time, Study Finds In A Nutshell When two people made eye contact while listening to structured chord progressions, their brains began to ...

Making music is a mental workout. The brain must simultaneously co-ordinate sound and vision, as well as fine motor control, ...

New research is shedding light on how sleep-like brain activity may contribute to attention difficulties in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), compared to neurotypical ...

Harmonious chord progressions strengthen neural activity in social brain regions during face-to-face interaction, promoting biological bonding.

The oldest known musical instruments— flutes carved from bones —are over 40,000 years old. And humans were likely making music before that, based on fossils showing our ancestors had the ability to ...

A newborn cannot speak, read, or walk. Yet moments after entering the world, the infant brain already responds to rhythm and ...

ATLANTA — Emory University has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America to support research exploring the connection between music and the brain. The funding will ...

One of the most interesting findings from the study is the idea of a "sweet spot" duration. Short listening sessions did help ...

“Brain” by alaspoorwho is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. A new study from the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry suggests that listening to music regularly can decrease the risk of dementia.

A lot of young adults reported listening to background music while completing different tasks. However, one segment did so more frequently. Everyone has different habits. Some people prefer to have ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

Listening to or playing music later in life could do more than lift your spirits – it might also help keep your mind sharp. A study of more than 10,000 older adults has found that people who regularly ...