Music can soothe the soul and speed along creativity, but it won’t, according to researchers from Harvard, boost intelligence.
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Drumroll, Please: How Band Camp Pays Off Later in Life
If you gave up the clarinet in grade school, don’t worry. Those precious years of musical training still did your brain a favor.
Unlikely Partners: Grateful Dead Drummer Teams with Scientist to Study How Rhythm Heals
Mickey Hart’s quest to understand the power of music in medicine
Understanding Why Music Moves Us
We dance to music, but to not paintings, or architecture, and the latest research hints at why.
Listen: The Best Runners’ Playlists on TIME’s Spotify
Your iPod can help you run faster and longer. So, earlier this week, we asked music and exercise expert Dr. Costas Karageorghis, who’s worked with Olympic athletes to select the right workout music, for some expert tips on …
The Perfect Playlist: How Your iPod Can Help You Run Faster and Harder
Sometimes you need an extra push to hit the pavement or treadmill — or to make it through that last grueling mile of training — and the key may simply be loading right songs on your iPod, according to Dr. Costas Karageorghis, …
Why Humans Have Color Vision, and Other Qs & As with Neuroscientist Mark Changizi
Why do humans see in color? According to neuroscientist Mark Changizi, who left academia to run a research institute called 2Ai, it’s so that we could read the emotions of others. In his book, Harnessed, published last summer, …
Want a Less Fussy, Easier-to-Soothe, Kinder Child? Make Music!
Learning to make music helps babies communicate better and amps up empathy in older kids.
Can You Learn to Play an Instrument at 40? Q&A with Psychologist Gary Marcus
Have you got zero musical talent, but a burning desire to play? NYU psychologist Marcus says there’s hope for everyone.
How an Appreciation for the Arts May Boost Stroke Recovery
It elevates the soul, but an appetite for the arts may also do the body good.
Study: Are Music-Loving Teens More Likely to Be Depressed?
Being plugged into an iPod is a hallmark of adolescence, but a new study suggests that teens who spend too much time listening to music may be at higher risk of depression.
Study: This Is Your Brain On Improv
Dr. Charles Limb has spent more than 10 years studying the brain activity of musicians as they improvise.