Psychology & Psychiatry

Listening to music before a competition can boost your performance

If you exercise regularly, you have probably noticed that you increase the effort if you have music playing in the background. Researchers know this as the ergogenic effect; the right music makes you feel less tired and produces ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Why does music bring back memories? What the science says

You're walking down a busy street on your way to work. You pass a busker playing a song you haven't heard in years. Now suddenly, instead of noticing all the goings on in the city around you, you're mentally reliving the ...

Cardiology

Every heart dances to a different tune

Play the same piece of music to two people, and their hearts can respond very differently. That's the conclusion of a novel study presented today on EHRA Essentials 4 You, a scientific platform of the European Society of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

'Beautiful but sad' music can help people feel better

New research from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Limerick has found that music that is felt to be 'beautiful but sad' can help people feel better when they're feeling blue.

Neuroscience

Musical duets lock brains as well as rhythms

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin have shown that synchronization emerges between brains when making music together, and even when musicians play different voices. In a study published ...

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