Music is a profound act of human creation. Music can transform our ongoing psychological state in an instant, and potentially enhance psychological functioning across the lifespan. Whether it be ...

Learning a musical instrument later in life may help keep the brain younger for longer. In a four-year study, older adults ...

Humans can find music happy, sad, fearful or spiritual. They can be soothed by it or urged to dance. Whether these psychological responses reflect cognitive adaptations that evolved expressly for ...

Dan Fabbio was working as music teacher and earning his Master's degree when he began to "see and hear things that I knew were not real" When music teacher Dan Fabbio played a simple melody on his ...