The performers enter Sundin Music Hall arm in arm, lavender scarves draped around their pressed white shirts. It’s nearly showtime, but the eager singers—a constellation of community members, some ...

Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance, or the anthem of a memorable road trip. People often think ...

Scientists are gradually understanding more about how and when music therapy works. One of the known uses of music in therapy is for Alzheimer’s and dementia therapy, where listening to music can help ...

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 ...

Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? People often think of these musical memories as fixed snapshots of the past. But recent research by my team at the ...

Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance or the anthem of a memorable road trip. People often think ...

New research from UC Santa Cruz is finally giving you the go-ahead to sing in the shower as loud as you want. Because, as it turns out, you probably sound pretty darn good. Psychologists wanted to ...

The ability to remember and recognize a musical theme does not seem to be affected by age, unlike many other forms of memory. “You’ll hear anecdotes all the time of how people with severe Alzheimer’s ...

Listening to music while doing something can make that activity more enjoyable. But listening to music after an experience or activity can make it more memorable if you have the optimal emotional ...

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Colin and Sophie Hortman were guest DJs on The Current for almost an hour Wednesday morning to celebrate their late parents' memory through music. The siblings created a playlist of songs that Melissa ...