music

Can background music up the odds of getting a date?

By Tiffany O'Callaghan June 21, 2010

According to a new study from French researchers, when romantic music is playing in the background, women may be more likely to agree to a date. To determine whether romantic music might actually help spark a romance, researchers from Université de Paris-Sud and Université de Bretagne-Sud recruited 87 women 18- to 20-year-old single

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Brain

How singing may help stroke victims recover speech

By Tiffany O'Callaghan Feb. 22, 2010

Patients who lose the ability to speak after suffering a stroke may be able to regain their speech using a novel technique that effectively reroutes the way the brain processes language, according to research presented this past weekend at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The technique, known as

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