A new study has found that learning to play a musical instrument could be the secret to keeping our brains young. Scientists connected to the new study also shared a second benefit: They found that ...

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Parents have long treated piano recitals and violin lessons as a kind of academic insurance policy, a cultural bet that practicing scales today will mean higher test scores tomorrow. Psychologists are ...

Music perception and training constitute a multidisciplinary field that explores the intricate interplay between acoustic signals, neural processing and experiential learning. At its core, the study ...

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, ...

Some of us find it challenging to translate written musical notations into auditory signals and/or motor programming. Some cannot tell one tone apart from another. Some struggle with keeping up with ...

This study supports my own interpretation of the brain's capability for experience-dependent influences on brain anatomy and function. In concrete, this study demonstrates that 6-year-old children ...

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 ...

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Absolute pitch (AP) – the rare ability to identify or reproduce a musical note without any reference – has long fascinated researchers and musicians alike. Traditionally regarded as a talent inherent ...