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Music isn't a truly universal language, it turns out. A team of researchers has found that culture and background influence what we visualize when we listen to instrumental music we've never heard ...

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Scientific research tells us that learning to play an instrument is good for your brain, so perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that the smartest among us apparently prefer to listen to instrumental ...

Another study found that students with musical training could write longer, better-structured sentences when working with ...

In a study by two researchers at University College London, 10- and 11-year-olds were asked to write an “exciting” story. Some wrote while listening to exciting music—"I Spy, The Looking Glass" (a ...

It takes intention to listen to instrumental music. Without rhymes and narratives to direct the imagination, the mind is left to wander among sounds and textures. Singer-songwriter Dave Desmelik ...

For students taking (online and take-home) exams this month, a new study reveals a possible way to improve memory recall: Listening to music while studying — and having that same music playing during ...

After a stroke, people can lose the ability to speak or even understand language. This can be treated with therapy, but if therapy is started too late it might not work. Now, researchers in Finland ...

Over the weekend, former Lotus member, Michael Rempel, delivered a stunning instrumental track in honor of his late bandmate Chuck Morris and his son, Charley. Dubbed “Love & Loss,” the eight-minute ...

image: What do you see when you listen to music? Music isn’t a truly universal language, it turns out. A team of researchers led by Elizabeth Margulis, director of Princeton’s Music Cognition Lab, ...