Music improves mood and memory to such an extent that treatment strategies for diseases like Alzheimer's or dementia sometimes incorporate music. But how music boosts memory remains unclear. In a new ...

Connections Between Music and Memory Music has long been celebrated for its cognitive and emotional benefits. While much of ...

While driving recently, a long-forgotten song came on the radio. I found myself singing along; not only did I know all the lyrics to a song I hadn't heard in 25 years or more, but I also managed to ...

Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and attention are wired. The same circuitry that helps you recognize a friend’s ...

It's happened to all of us at least once and, depending on your age, maybe even several times a day: You forget why you walked into a room, but the lyrics to that song you loved in 7th grade? Embedded ...

While driving recently, a long-forgotten song came on the radio. I found myself singing along; not only did I know all the lyrics to a song I hadn’t heard in 25 years or more, but I also managed to ...