Music improves mood and memory to such an extent that treatment strategies for diseases like Alzheimer's or dementia sometimes incorporate music. But how music boosts memory remains unclear. In a new ...

Remember singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” with your kindergarten class? That simple melody might be doing more than bringing back fond memories. Research shows those childhood songs lodged deep ...

Music has a unique power to affect the way people feel and many people use music to enhance or change their mood, channel emotions and for psychological support. The strong emotional impact of music ...

Music has certainly had that effect on me. When my husband passed away unexpectedly earlier this year, for many days, I felt frozen, too much in shock and too traumatized to cry. Hearing the John ...