Social Media Ideas for Medical Mysteries Of Music

Is your favourite music better than medication for pain? Maybe

We know that music has some magical properties, including, it seems, helping us cope with physical pain. The boffins at University Hospital Zürich looked 204 patients receiving an...

Can music rewire the brain to help with pain? New research says yes.

The brain is a mysterious three-pound lump of fat that has more computing power than anything else in the universe. It is also hardwired for ingesting and using music, even though...

Edward Witt Highlights the Unusual Link Between Medicine and Music

More than meets the ear: What music practice means for a developing brain

Sitting through an 8-year-old's shaky rendition of Christian Petzold's "Minuet in G" may be music to a proud parent's ear. To everyone else at the recital, it might not sound like...

More Than Distraction: How Music Relieves Pain 

By Pat Anson Music won’t cure chronic pain, but there is growing evidence that listening to your favorite tunes helps reduce pain levels. The type of music doesn’t seem to matter...

Why do we like wind chimes?

Dmitri Tymoczko writes: You know your question, “why do we like to listen to music over and over again?” I think the question reveals that our relation to music is sensory and plea...

Assessing the Role of Hope for Music Therapy in Kansas City

Music has unique gifts to access profound physical and emotional depths. Here, a music therapist and researcher explores the role of hope in improving rehabilitation outcomes.

Unraveling Medical Mysteries

Patients with undiagnosed conditions suffer not only from their symptoms but also from the uncertainly of not knowing what afflicts them.

From Sinatra to Swift: The Long Arc of Groove and Entrainment

How human rhythm and groove create social connection, and why our minds remain the true conductors.

Music, Performance, and the Power of Collective Regulation

A RÜFÜS DU SOL concert shows how live music can shape arousal, synchronize crowds, and reveal the connection between performance, regulation, and community.

Music can make your food taste better

A new study shows for the first time how sound and taste interact in the brain at a biological level.

Using Neuroscience to Understand and Teach Rhythmic Meters

Fascinated by meter and aware through experience of the challenges of teaching it to students, Andrea Calilhanna studies neuroscience to find ways to improve how meter is taught.

Can’t sleep? This genre is more likely to put you out than any other

You know those nights when you just stare at the ceiling because sleep just won’t come? The results of a new survey just might help. Maybe. Alpine Hearing Protection sells earplugs...

The Sounds of Stress Relief

A whole house audio system at the VISION House Asheville can foster physical and mental health wellbeing. Whether you listen to Mozart, Meatloaf, or Bruno Mars, music can have a p...

Improvisation and the Quantum of Consciousness

Inside the brain's secret portal to remembering the future.

Tuning In to Joy and Finding the Spark

Engaging with drama, art, and music unlocks joy, expanding cognitive horizons and building lifelong resilience.

My Grandmother Hummed and It May Have Saved Her Life

My grandmother hummed all day long. She was saving her own life. Old medicine, new science.

New Research Shows Music May Rewire How the Brain Feels Pain, Not Just Distract From It

A scientific review of 57 studies finds that music may do more than distract from pain; it might change the way the brain interprets pain signals. Scientists reviewing 57 individua...

Why music is a powerful tool to quiet stress in the brain

Music doesn’t just mask stress, it guides our brain back to a calm state

A Study Found This Simple Daily Pleasure Could Help Protect Your Brain From Dementia

Tuning in to your favorite playlist every day might do much more than lift your mood; it could actually protect your aging brain against dementia. If you need an excuse to crank up...

Whose Dream Is It? Why We Pursue Music Lessons

Behind the desire to play music lies a complex web of parental regret, a craving for social admiration, and the pursuit of an "ideal self."

The unending quest for a mystery lostwave song called (maybe) “CIA”

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There’s an entire corner of the internet where song sleuths spend hours trying to identify songs of unknown origin. Among these...

Your Favorite Playlist May Change How Your Brain Feels Pain

Your favorite song may be doing more than taking your mind off the pain.

Your Favorite Playlist May Change How Your Brain Feels Pain

Your favorite song may be doing more than taking your mind off the pain.