What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford, your brain doesn't just hear it-it ...

An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The ...

Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.

In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining cognitive health is more important than ever. As we age, it’s common to experience memory lapses, difficulty concentrating, and a general decline in mental ...

Researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, along with a team from the ...

An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised ...

The stress hormone cortisol acts on brain circuits that track emotion and memory, helping to form strong emotional memories.

In a century and a half, neuroscience has revealed no shortage of wonders about the brain. For example, the average adult brain contains around 86 billion diversely specialized, minuscule (0.1 ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make ...