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·March 26, 2018·4 min read

Music Lessons Improve Children’s Cognitive Skills and Academic Performance

According to a new Frontiers in Neuroscience study, children who participate in structured music lessons showed enhancements in cognitive abilities over their peers who did not receive music lessons. The researchers note the improvements in short term memory, language based reasoning and planning seen in children who had music lessons had a positive impact on academic achievement.

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·March 22, 2018·6 min read

Brain ‘Stethoscope’ Listens For Silent Seizures

Researchers have developed what they have dubbed a 'brain stethoscope', a device capable of turning EEG brain wave data into sound. The device is able to detect epileptic seizures that do not result in convulsions.

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·March 15, 2018·3 min read

New Automatic Methods for Generating and Classifying Music

The musical BertsoBot project has allowed researchers to create two new methods of generating and classifying music.

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·March 13, 2018·5 min read

How the Brain Processes Music

Researchers reveal the right homologue of the Broca's area plays a major role in the processing of music.

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·March 2, 2018·5 min read

Music Boosts Exercise Time During Cardiac Stress Testing

Researchers report listening to music may help people extend the time they are capable of enduring a cardiac stress test. The study also reports the findings could help healthy people to exercise for longer periods of time.

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·February 20, 2018·4 min read

Jymmin: How a Combination of Exercise and Music Help Us Feel Less Pain

Jymmin, a system that mixes working out on exercise equipment and free musical improvisation, may make us less sensitive to pain, researchers report.

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·February 19, 2018·3 min read

Brainwaves Show How Exercising to Music Bends Your Mind

Listening to music while exercising reduces focus, but boosts energy levels and enjoyment, researchers report.

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·February 16, 2018·4 min read

Play it Again: People Find Comfort Listening to the Same Song Over and Over

A new study reports listening to your favorite song over and over may provide you with some comfort. Niche listening enables the development of a 'meaningful relationship' with a particular song, which allows the affection for the tune to persist across a great deal of exposure.

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·February 5, 2018·3 min read

That’s Music To My Brain

A new study reveals machine learning technology is able to analyze brain activity and determine which piece of music a person is listening to.

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·January 25, 2018·5 min read

Music Really is a Universal Language

According to a new study, vocal songs that accompany dance, sooth a child or express love tend to sound similar across different cultures. The findings, researchers note, show consistency with the existence of a universal link between the form and function of vocal music.

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·January 23, 2018·4 min read

Your Brain Responses to Music Reveal if You Are a Musician or Not

Machine learning can predict, with significant accuracy, whether a person is a musician or not, based on fMRI data collected while subjects listened to music.