In a softly lit therapy room, a counselor greets their client with a melody rather than words. Instead of initiating conversation, both sing a slow, improvised tune. The client's voice trembles ...

Imagine a scene from the movie Jaws, with the great white shark closing in on another helpless victim. The iconic semi-tone pattern builds and your heartbeat rises with it; the suspense pulls you ...

How does the human brain track emotions and support transitions between these emotions? In a new eNeuro paper, Matthew Sachs and colleagues, from Columbia University, used music and an advanced ...

This post was updated June 4 at 4:00 p.m. Music has always captivated me. I constantly gravitate toward outlandish noises in songs and in my day-to-day surroundings. I used to push these myriad noises ...

We live in a world where most of us are uncomfortable with our emotions. We have been trained to often see them as problems instead of important information. Managing emotion can be challenging and ...