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·April 27, 2018·3 min read

Music Activates Regions of the Brain Spared by Alzheimer’s

A new study reports Alzheimer's disease does not appear to affect the salience network. Researchers found, when listening to music, the salience network along with other networks, show higher functional connectivity in Alzheimer's patients.

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·April 21, 2018·4 min read

Creativity is a State of Mind and Can be Trained

Trained pianists have higher levels of brain wave synchronization when improvising pieces of music, a new study reveals.

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·April 18, 2018·4 min read

Overcoming Bias About Music Takes Work

Researchers reveal telling people whether a musician in a professional or student can change the way the brain responds to the music they are playing.

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·April 9, 2018·6 min read

Brain Waves Synchronize at Live Music Performances

Brain waves of music listeners synchronize better when they attend a live concert, researchers report. Researchers say the findings indicate people enjoy music more when the performance is live and when experienced as part of a group.

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·March 30, 2018·7 min read

From Lullabies to Live Concerts: How Music and Rhythm Shape Our Social Brains

Researchers reveal lullabies help sooth both baby and mom simultaneously. Additionally, playing music to babies help increase their attention and positive displays of emotion to their mothers.

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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.