Music influences the brain by creating neural resonance, impacting emotions, learning, and physical responses.

Research confirms these personal experiences with music. Current findings indicate that music around 60 beats per minute can cause the brain to synchronize with the beat causing alpha brainwaves ...

While the effect of music on pleasure is clear, the brain mechanisms behind musical enjoyment are not yet fully understood. The brain's opioid system is known to be involved in pleasurable ...

(Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images) Scientists have created a “mini-brain” using the cells of avant-garde composer Alvin Lucier and are using it to make new music. The groundbreaking fusion ...

A new imaging study showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system. A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to ...