Studies suggest certain kinds of music can improve focus, especially among those with ADHD. Like many children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Jake Sussman struggled in ...

Everyday sounds add to the torment of a person with chronic back pain, apparently because pain rewires how the brain responds ...

The term “nervous breakdown” is no longer used—“mental-health crisis” is the nomenclature du jour—but I think I had one two years ago. My journey into the psychological night was precipitated by a ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion, or survival.

Chronic back pain causes the brain to amplify everyday sounds, but Pain Reprocessing Therapy can "turn down the volume." ...

People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to ...

The timing of our brain waves shapes which words we hear. Researchers used psychophysics, neuroimaging, and computational modeling to test whether neural timing influences perception of more or less ...