New research from UC Santa Cruz is finally giving you the go-ahead to sing in the shower as loud as you want. Because, as it turns out, you probably sound pretty darn good. Psychologists wanted to ...

Music has a remarkable ability to evoke powerful memories and emotions. When we listen to a piece of music from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment. Music can act as a direct line to our ...

Hearing just 16 seconds of music helps your brain predict what comes next, shaping memory, emotion, and how songs make sense.

The ability to remember and recognize a musical theme does not seem to be affected by age, unlike many other forms of memory. “You’ll hear anecdotes all the time of how people with severe Alzheimer’s ...

Following the success of Hooked on Music, the Music Cognition Group at the University of Amsterdam presents a new game: TuneTwins. Inspired by the classic Memory game, TuneTwins invites you to match ...

Several studies have found positive effects of making music. Now, a new research study has looked at the long-term effects of playing an instrument either in high school or beyond, and found that even ...

Remember singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” with your kindergarten class? That simple melody might be doing more than bringing back fond memories. Research shows those childhood songs lodged deep ...

For many people, music feels like a part of our subconscious. It’s constantly playing in the background, whether we’re at a coffee shop, in the elevator, working from home, or even just walking down ...

Psychologists studied 'earworms,' the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play automatically on a loop, to show that highly accurate pitch memory is much more common than might be expected.