We’ve all heard anecdotes about the “power of music” to reconnect us with moments from our pasts. You may have seen one of several viral YouTube videos of a patient with dementia hearing a piece of ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

Listening to music while doing something can make that activity more enjoyable. But listening to music after an experience or activity can make it more memorable if you have the optimal emotional ...

Music that evokes an emotional response may influence the specificity of memory recall, new research suggests. Investigators found that participants who were shown a series of images of everyday items ...

From Phish concerts to Alanis Morissette shows, throwback tours can take us back to our teen years. By Holly Burns In September, I went to see Counting Crows, a band whose music formed the soundtrack ...

*An earlier version of the text misidentified the Clarence Care Center's location. “Music and Memory” is a short documentary that explores the power of music for treating dementia and other related ...