What do you see when you listen to music?
Are we all imagining the same thing when we listen to music, or are our experiences hopelessly subjective?
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JJ Shavit
- Feb 24, 2022
A voice inside my head: The incredible impact headphones have on listeners
Headphones increase feelings of connectivity, empathy and engagement, reports a new study from UC San Diego, UCLA and UC Berkeley.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 17, 2022
Woman leaves $10 Million donation to Music School Of Delaware in her will
The Music School of Delaware hit its highest note yet, with an unprecedented donation from a woman who never donated to the school before.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 31, 2021
Introducing the world's first punk rock band made completely of robots
What happens when you give a robot a guitar? Well, turns out it'll sprout a mohawk and go join a punk rock band.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 29, 2021
The relationship between music processing and language skills in the brain
Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to study the brains of secondary school students during a task focused on musical observation.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 14, 2021
Live personalized music soothes stressed patients during lockdown
A violinist playing a soothing melody tailored to a patient’s particular medical condition in the hospital can provide psychological aid.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 5, 2021
How can music, dance and art help improve air pollution?
Music, dance, art and storytelling have allowed an international team of researchers to reveal aspects of air pollution in Nairobi.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 22, 2021
The Sound of Music -- what you see and how you move, affects what you hear
When Jimi Hendrix's guitar solos are pounding out of the speakers—can you see Hendrix posing with his guitar?
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 30, 2021
The brain is a prediction machine – and music reveals how it works
Life is not only lived forwards – it is also experienced a little ahead of time, and now there is empirical evidence for the claim.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 21, 2021
Music is good for the soul and for treating medication-resistant epilepsy
Listening to Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major K448 for at least 30 seconds may be associated with less frequent spikes of epilepsy
JJ Shavit
- Sep 8, 2021
Plumber caught singing on the job -- lands record deal in the process
A plumber has landed himself a recording deal after singing while he worked on a job fitting bathrooms for the owner of a record label.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 28, 2021
Watch pianists fitted with a robotic thumb adjust to playing with 11 digits in one hour
Pianists who have been fitted with a third robotic thumb are able to adjust their playing style to suit their new 11 digits in just an hour
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 24, 2021
The brain’s ‘prediction machine’ anticipates the future when listening to music
Whether listening to a concerto by Bach or the latest pop tunes on Spotify, the human brain does not wait passively for the song to unfold.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 18, 2021
Former gang member turns new leaf by singing to patients as hospital worker
Rodriguez, who has been working with the hospital for the past nine years, is a self-taught musician and plays in front of several patients
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 6, 2021
Learning music can boost language and speech skills
Research has shown that a music-related hobby boosts language skills and affects the processing of speech in the brain.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 16, 2021
Meet the world's first punk rock band made completely of robots
The One Love Machine Band is the freshest new punk band to come out of Berlin – and its members are made entirely of scrap metal
JJ Shavit
- Jun 15, 2021
That song is stuck in your head, but it's helping you to remember
UC Davis research suggests earworms, songs that get stuck in your head, help to preserve memory for music and life events.
JJ Shavit
- May 19, 2021
Music may benefit older adults with cognitive impairment
Active music-making can provide cognitive benefits to older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia
JJ Shavit
- May 15, 2021
Live Broadway Performances and Pop-up Concerts at Tavern on the Green
Broadway stars will soon begin performing live concerts at Central Park’s Tavern on the Green in a new series called Broadway at Tavern
JJ Shavit
- Mar 15, 2021
Yo-Yo Ma, world-famous cellist, performs as people wait for coronavirus vaccine
The celebrated musician offered the impromptu performance after receiving his second dose of the jab.
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