Experienced musicians tend to possess an advantage in short-term memory for musical patterns and a small advantage for visual information, according to a large-scale international study. The research ...

It’s no secret that aging can take a toll on one’s memory. Names, events, and general timelines can all become a bit blurrier over time, even if one isn’t diagnosed with dementia or any other ...

It’s a nearly ubiquitous human experience: you’re walking down the street, or cooking dinner, or writing an email, and you suddenly realize that a snippet of a song is looping in your head. You might ...

There's more to music than meets the ear. Researchers trying to understand how the mind comprehends music and the role that cultural familiarity plays in the process have found that exposure to music ...

Musically trained children tend to display neural dynamics associated with better executive functions and more robust cognitive flexibility; these brain advantages could last a lifetime, new ...

Music lessons are sometimes sold as a sort of cognitive training. Put a child in front of a piano, the story goes, and they’ll get smarter. Mainstream news headlines have helped fuel the belief, ...

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