A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

Professor Paul Colombo has studied music-based mentoring, memory, and the benefits of music training over the course of his ...

Some of us find it challenging to translate written musical notations into auditory signals and/or motor programming. Some cannot tell one tone apart from another. Some struggle with keeping up with ...

A new study has found that learning to play a musical instrument could be the secret to keeping our brains young. Scientists connected to the new study also shared a second benefit: They found that ...

There is a long-standing debate in the field of music cognition about the impact of musical training and whether formal ...

A fast-growing fitness movement in the United States is blending music, coordination, and strength training to deliver a fun, ...

This study supports my own interpretation of the brain's capability for experience-dependent influences on brain anatomy and function. In concrete, this study demonstrates that 6-year-old children ...

Absolute pitch (AP) – the rare ability to identify or reproduce a musical note without any reference – has long fascinated researchers and musicians alike. Traditionally regarded as a talent inherent ...

Improvising music could help to improve older people’s cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research from the University of Sheffield and Western Sydney University. The study, ...