There are lots of ways stores try to manipulate shoppers, from placing more expensive items at eye level to encouraging interaction with goods. A study published in the Journal of Marketing shows that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Playing slow-tempo music may be an acceptable and feasible strategy for reducing delirium among patients staying ...

A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) found that twice-daily slow-tempo music (60 to 80 beats per minute ...

Music can influence blood pressure, increasing or decreasing the systolic (upper) and diastolic (lower) pressure based on the tempo and volume of the song and other factors. Slower, softer music tends ...

A new study shows that listening to music that has a slow or meditative tempo has a relaxing effect on people, slowing their breathing and heart rate, whereas listening to faster music with a more ...

As if staying in an intensive care unit isn’t traumatizing enough, a large proportion of people treated in ICUs develop delirium. Hallucinations make their hospital stay more traumatizing, and can ...

Critically ill patients on life support commonly develop delirium, but new research shows that music can help, according to a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care. Delirium is a ...

In 2014, the DJ and producer Dave Audé – a Grammy winner whose remixes of pop hits have been club staples for more than a decade – caught a festival set by the young Norwegian producer Kygo, who had ...

Sound can change the way people act, especially when gambling. In a lab study by Dixon, researchers tested how different music speeds affected gambling behaviour. They found that people who heard slow ...

You’ve heard about the dangers of texting while driving, drunk driving and drowsy driving. But did you know the music you listen to in the car can affect your risk of a crash? Researchers have found ...