Music

I met my first savant 52 years ago and have been intrigued with that remarkable condition ever since. One of the most striking and consistent things in the many savants I have seen is that that they clearly know things they never learned.

It's said that a person can have good taste in music but what about the taste of music? What would it taste like? Experimental psychologist Charles Spence and researchers at the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford may be able to provide some insight.

A documentary captures people with dementia reconnecting to emotions and lost memories through music

Over the long term, limiting screen time brings substantial benefits

Better detection by the brain could explain why low-pitched notes carry the beat across musical cultures

Painter Greg Dunn describes how an aha moment kicked off his artistic career

Many studies have found that familiar songs enhance mood, relieve stress and reduce anxiety in patients with Alzheimer's, perhaps because musical memory is often spared even when a patient has declined to a low level of cognition. Two new studies find that familiar music also improves cognitive symptoms in the disease.

More than an expression of individuality, creativity takes shape in a social context

Different music encourages different frames of mind

Today on YouTube we see a showdown between two science greats, with an additional big scicomm name included for good measure! I’ve written about Epic Rap Battles of History previously about the immensely entertaining Einstein vs.

Making music improves auditory precision and attentiveness