Music is widely used to motivate human behaviors and to influence mindset. Background music plays an important role in our everyday lives (eating, drinking, shopping, and driving). It is an important ...

A study suggested that music interacts with the brain and body. Soft music, for example, might calm the nervous system. By ...

My awakening came in a small nursing home in East New York more than 20 years ago. Strange sounds and the cadences of repetitive speech filled the dementia day unit. In the noisy chaos, some residents ...

Music is a crucial element of everyday life and plays a central role in all human cultures. Interaction with music is rewarding. Music is consistently rated to be one of life’s supreme sources of ...