Many a time, people view music as a companion in life. It can lift spirits, turn boring tasks into enjoyable routines, and add energy to our movements. Recent research from scientists at the ...

Music is known to be therapeutic, but can it boost your memory? Well, it can. A new study found that listening to music can sharpen the brain and also has the potential to improve the lives of people ...

Emotional arousal from music after learning influences memory, moderate arousal improves detail, while extreme arousal ...

Music that evokes an emotional response may influence the specificity of memory recall, new research suggests. Investigators found that participants who were shown a series of images of everyday items ...

Music improves mood and memory to such an extent that treatment strategies for diseases like Alzheimer’s or dementia sometimes incorporate music. But how music boosts memory remains unclear. In a new ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. We revisit host Robin Young's October 2023 conversation with former Boston Globe classical music critic and Tufts assistant professor ...

A recent UCLA study reveals that music can enhance memory, particularly detail-oriented recall, when paired with moderate emotional arousal. The research suggests that music's influence on the ...