December brings fall semester's final exams and some students turn to music to help while they study. But is that a good idea? A September article from University of Maryland Global Campus touts the ...

Some people who want to mentally concentrate in public places without distractions from background noise - be it on a gripping new novel, their own thoughts, or whatever - put on headphones and listen ...

A new case study that included hundreds of Tennessee public schools suggests that music education may be tied to better math and reading scores, along with better attendance and positive social, ...

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Sixty-three healthy young adult participants took part in the study, which shared its results earlier this week Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as ...

Jamming out at a concert puts music front and center in a person’s life, but only for a moment. Most of the time, music serves more as sonic wallpaper, spicing up the background while we go about the ...

Putting your headphones on and setting off into the distance helps you drown out the outside world and focuses your mind on the music. We all have our favorite playlists of tunes that captivate and ...

A background in music helps speakers learn a tonal language, such as Mandarin, a new UB study suggests. People with musical training — whether instrumental or vocal — are better at imitating pitch ...

Have you ever felt like music keeps you company? Does music truly offer companionship or is it simply a figure of speech? “Music appears to act as a catalyst for social imagination,” Dr Herff said.