Scientists are gradually understanding more about how and when music therapy works. One of the known uses of music in therapy is for Alzheimer’s and dementia therapy, where listening to music can help ...

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 ...

Libby Damjanovic receives funding from Lund University, Thora Ohlsson stiftelsen. Around one in five American adults manage to squeeze in watching a movie on a daily basis. It’s a great way to escape ...

NEW YORK -- More than 6 million Americans are living with dementia, and while there is no cure, patients can be helped by music. In this Snapshot New York, Steve Overmyer learns how melodies help ...

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"Alive Inside" documentary shows power of music in nursing homes. April 12, 2012— -- Henry Dryer sits slumped over the tray attached to his wheelchair. He doesn't speak, and rarely moves, until a ...

Elaine Lebar became a TikTok sensation at age 92 when her daughter Randi posted a video of her playing “Moonlight Sonata” at ...

Yiren Ren receives funding from the Center for Advanced Brain Imaging at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University. Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a ...

It can be hard to avoid the chime of classic Christmas songs at this time of year. Certain songs may even bring up potent memories, transporting a person to a specific moment in the past, like an ...

December brings fall semester's final exams and some students turn to music to help while they study. But is that a good idea? A September article from University of Maryland Global Campus touts the ...

Learn more about the science behind the belief that we can “see” better while driving when we turn the music down.

New research by UCLA neuroscientists shows that listening to music after an experience or activity can make it more memorable if you have just the right amount of emotional response while listening to ...