Music can lift your spirits, calm your nerves, or break your heart in a few notes. It can also nudge what you remember, but ...

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 ...

A study conducted at the University of Amsterdam could overturn one of the basic tenets of the science of music: that musical training is the only way to develop musical ability. According to these ...

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

A new study, published in PLOS ONE, has uncovered a remarkable connection between individuals' musical preferences and their moral values, shedding new light on the profound influence that music can ...

A new study has concluded that as people age, their musical taste tends to drift away from popular music of the times. The study finds that the average adult's taste in popular music peaks at age 33.

Schools are under constant pressure to make budget cuts, and music programs are often first on the chopping block. Now, an extensive study from the University of British Columbia in Canada shows that ...

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UNG's Bachelor of Music with a major in music and a concentration in musical arts takes a liberal arts approach to the study of music allowing for a broad exploration of the field without a strict ...

If there seems to be an air of pretension among aficionados of jazz and classical music, psychological research is giving them good reason. A new study published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences ...