First, let’s talk about the science behind music and health. According to a study published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, listening to music activates several areas of the brain that ...

While music can provide powerful emotional benefits and stress relief, it’s not a direct replacement for professional therapy. However, music does offer significant psychological and physiological ...

In an interview, Isabelle Peretz, a neuropsychologist who researches the neurocognition of music explains the effects of ...

Music can energize you, lift a bad mood — and may also boost immune health and lower blood pressure. Music with a slow, steady tempo and fewer notes can also improve focus or help you relax before bed ...

Researchers found that listening to music embedded with Auditory Beat Stimulation (ABS) significantly reduces acute anxiety, ...

For many, music study is intrinsically rewarding, and music learning is an end in itself. However, active engagement with music has enduring cognitive benefits, such as concentration, memory, ...

Based on National Geographic, explorers found a flute shaped from the wing of a griffon vulture. This fragile artifact is the oldest instrument known to date, being 40,000 years old. Music has been ...

Nostalgia consists of the mixture of pleasure coming from the memory of something lived (e.g., childhood, relationships), and the pain caused by that event being gone forever. Students graduating from ...

Have you ever played a song and instantly started to feel better? Well, there's power in music and chances are, it impacts you more than you know. In a previous interview, neuroscientist Yewande ...

Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS Mornings." She specializes in covering live events and exclusive interviews for the show. Analisa is a United States ...