Music is a profound act of human creation. Music can transform our ongoing psychological state in an instant, and potentially enhance psychological functioning across the lifespan. Whether it be ...

Dual art therapy, combining music and painting, significantly improved symptoms, cognitive function, and quality of life in chronic schizophrenia patients. Music and painting therapy combined as an ...

A new study has found that learning to play music—even later in life—can improve brain function in older adults. The research was led by Dr. Jennifer MacRitchie from the University of Sheffield, in ...

Music has always been a solution for many things! New research has shed positive light of music therapy session for stroke patients that helps them through mood regulation, improved concentration, and ...

Playing, listening to and creating music involves practically every cognitive function. Robert Zatorre explains how music can teach us about speech, brain plasticity and even the origins of emotion.

WASHINGTON (ISNS) -- For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when ...