Tag: Music

Music Students Score Better in Math, Science, English Than Non-Musical Peers

June 26, 2019
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Washington, DC — High schoolers who take music courses score significantly better on exams in certain other subjects, including math and science, than their non-musical peers, according to a study...

Researchers Have Applied New Atomic-Sensing Capabilities to Detect and Record Music

June 19, 2019
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Washington, DC — It sounds like an old-school vinyl record, but the distinctive crackle in the music streamed into Chris Holloway’s laboratory is atomic in origin. The group at the National Institute...

Music Helps to Build the Brains of Very Premature Babies

May 29, 2019
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Geneva, Switzerland — In Switzerland, as in most industrialized countries, nearly 1% of children are born “very prematurely”, i.e. before the 32nd week of pregnancy, which represents about...

How Listening to Music ‘Significantly Impairs’ Creativity

February 27, 2019
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Lancaster, UK — The popular view that music enhances creativity has been challenged by researchers who say it has the opposite effect. Psychologists from the University of Central Lancashire, University...

The Unexpected Creates Reward When Listening to Music

February 13, 2019
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Montreal, Canada — If you love it when a musician strikes that unexpected but perfect chord, you are not alone. New research shows the musically unexpected activates the reward centre of our brains,...

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