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Featured Neurology

·April 14, 2017·3 min read

Music as Medicine: Using Music to Help Dementia and Alzheimer’s Patients

Music could have unexpected benefits for those with Alzheimer's disease.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 5, 2017·4 min read

Musical Scales May Have Developed to Accommodate Vocal Limitations

A new study could help to explain the evolutionary development of scales and how speech production for tone languages may have occurred.

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Featured Neuroscience

·March 2, 2017·4 min read

The Music In Our Speech

Researchers embark on a study into the brain structures that process speech and music, and finds commonalities.

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·February 28, 2017·4 min read

Happy Notes, Happy Memories: Musical Cues Trigger Different Autobiographical Memories

The type of music you listen to may determine what kind of emotional memories you will recall, a new study reports.

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·February 28, 2017·5 min read

Physical Commitment Makes Performers Appreciate Their Music More

According to researchers, embarking in physical activity makes people appreciate the musical sounds they produce more, even if the sounds do not correspond with their personal musical tastes.

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·February 27, 2017·3 min read

If You Get the Chills From Music, You May Have a Unique Brain

People who physically respond to music with chills have stronger fiber connections between the auditory cortex and emotional processing areas in the brain.

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·February 26, 2017·7 min read

The Making of Music: Study Proposes New Theory of Evolution of Infant Directed Song

Music, specifically infant directed song, could have evolved as a means to allow parents to let their children know their needs are being met, while freeing them up to perform other essential tasks, a new study theorizes.

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·February 8, 2017·3 min read

Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Chemistry in the Brain

Using a drug used to help treat addiction, researcher report exposing people to their favorite songs no longer elicit feelings of pleasure.

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·February 7, 2017·5 min read

Researchers Create a Song That Makes Babies Happy

Psychologists and musicians work together to create a novel, highly baby friendly song. Future research may help identify babies' physiological responses to music.