Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40 percent, a new study has found.

Listening to music while you work out is motivational and can even keep you exercising longer. Music is a lot of things: It’s restorative, motivational, moving and educational. There are endless ways ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Listening to music by yourself might not seem like a social activity, but University at Buffalo researchers have published a study that suggests how doing so can have valuable social ...

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 ...

A new study revealed music lovers over 70 have a 39% lower dementia risk, and playing instruments cuts their risk by 35%, ...

Very few people need additional incentives to listen to music. Music has been an integral part of society for thousands of years and continues to exert a massive influence on our modern cultures.

Faced with a lack of effective treatments to prevent cognitive impairment, clinicians traditionally have proposed background music as a candidate alternative therapy for improving performance on ...

I recently exchanged emails with a friend in New York City, and as we were comparing notes on concerts and composers, I started to think about how music has shaped my life and how over the years my ...

Like many people, I often have music in the background when I exercise. I have been doing classes on a Peloton during the pandemic, and they all have a soundtrack. Over the winter, I ran a couple of ...

Man listening music and using a phone while sitting on stairs outdoors. Walk into any classroom today, and chances are you’ll see students with earbuds in their pockets or playlists open on their ...

As streaming services reach 20, we look at the benefits and costs of listening to music this way. Credit: Screenshot In a recent interview, producer Rick Rubin, who has become a kind of musical guru ...