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Singing rehabilitates speech production in post-stroke aphasia. Researchers investigated the rehabilitative effect of singing on the brain.
Are acoustic features of music and spoken language shared across cultures? Researchers recorded themselves performing traditional music and speaking in their native language. In all 50+ languages, the rhythms of songs…
Music holds an important place in human culture, and we've all felt the swell of emotion that music can inspire unlike almost anything else. But what is it exactly about music that can bring on such intense sensations in…
Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most celebrated musicians in human history, has a rather low genetic predisposition for beat synchronization, according to a new study.
Diving deep into quantum biology or cognitive science alone is challenging enough. That being said, a research team recently ...
The human brain appears biased toward hearing and producing rhythms with simple integer ratios, but the favored ratios can vary greatly between different societies, according to a 15-country study.
The tone and tuning of musical instruments has the power to manipulate our appreciation of harmony, new research shows. The findings challenge centuries of Western music theory and encourage greater experimentation with…
How does listening to live music affect the emotional center of our brain? A study has found that live performances trigger a stronger emotional response than listening to music from a device. Concerts connect performers…
Three-quarters of people age 50 to 80 say music helps them relieve stress or relax and 65% say it helps their mental health or mood, according to a recent poll. Meanwhile, 60% say they get energized or motivated by…
A new study has shown that music evokes similar emotions and bodily sensations around the world.
Engaging in music throughout your life is associated with better brain health in older age, according to a new study. Scientists working on PROTECT, an online study open to people aged 40 and over, reviewed data from…
A research team announced they have identified the principle by which musical instincts emerge from the human brain without special learning using an artificial neural network model.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar has invited applications for a Masters course in Cognitive Science program.
People who are very sleepy during the day, despite a good night's rest, may have a sleep disorder called idiopathic hypersomnia. New research has found this neurologic disorder may not be as rare as once thought.
Phonetic information -- the smallest sound elements of speech -- may not be the basis of language learning in babies as previously thought. Babies don't begin to process phonetic information reliably until seven months…
A new study provides compelling evidence that music preferences can serve as a window into an individual's moral values. It has uncovered an important link between music and morality, paving the way for a deeper…
Psychologists used music to manipulate emotions of volunteers and found the dynamics of their emotions molded otherwise neutral experiences into memorable events. The tug of war between integrating memories and…
An extremely supportive atmosphere for new ideas laid the foundation for an 'Aha moment' about a toggle-switch in the fruit fly brain. Do humans have one, too?
Music can take on many forms in cultures across the globe, but researchers have found in a new study that some themes are universally recognizable by people everywhere with one notable exception -- love songs.
The human memory system is seated in the medial temporal lobe (MTL). Broadly, it contains the hippocampus, parahippocampal cortex ...
Unlike previously thought, it turns out that speech production and singing are supported by the same circuitry in the brain. Observations in a new study can help develop increasingly effective rehabilitation methods for…
Study findings suggest that even babies feel the impact of being at a live show, through both musicians' interactions with an audience and the social experience of being in a crowd.
Silence might not be deafening but it's something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory illusions to reveal how moments of silence distort people's perception…
The first author of the study, Jacob Bellmund, explains, “When estimating the approximate time of a call, we’re guided by ...
KAIST announced on the 17th that it has established the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Graduate School of ...
Artificial Intelligence and cognitive science are very much interrelated. AI was first coined in a proposal for a workshop that ...
Each of us carries around the most powerful machine on earth in our heads. Our brain is capable of building monuments that ...
The effect varies for different people. Take a moment and look at this. Some people don’t see anything special: just a blue iris in a red eye. For me though, there is an incredibly strong depth illusion – the blue and…
Why and how can conscious perception emerge from the brain – from a mere collection of interconnected neurons? This question ...
I am a psychologist who has worked with police in the areas of applied research and consultancy for more than two decades now ...
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