The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1016: More more more medical mysteries of music.
I want you to take a deep breath. It’s only when we focus on our breathing that we realize how important it is that 21% of our atmosphere is made
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Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Do you know someone with misophonia?
Approximately one in five people suffer from a condition known as misophonia. This is a phenomenon where particular sounds can trigger unbearable emotional reactions. This has always been part of
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, episode 955: Amazing facts about music, the brain, and the body
The most powerful and strangest lump of organic material in the known universe sits inside your skull. The human brain weighs about three pounds, give or take–call it about 1400
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Can music affect your eyesight?
A study by American scientists from the late aughts seems to indicate that music can affect your eyesight. When you’re listening intently to music, your brain shifts resources from the
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Researchers analyzed hundreds of songs that give people chills. Here’s the playlist that resulted.
We’ve all had the experience of getting chills and goosebumps from hearing a piece of music. Neuroscientists love studying these reactions because it offers insight into how the brain and
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Ongoing History Daily: Dance monkey(s)
Here’s some medical news directed at people like me who just can’t dance. According to a psychologist at the University of Manchester, the ability and the desire to dance may
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Random music news for Thursday, April 8, 2021
Great. Now we’re on the CDC’s shit list. WHERE ARE OUR VACCINES? COME ON, GOVERNMENTS! Now that my rant is over, let’s get to music news for April 8, 2021.
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There are scientific benefits to listening to new music.
[Stuck listening to the same old songs over and over? You might want to treat your brain to music you’ve never heard before. It’s good for you. Check out this
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We all know the feeling that comes over us during a great gig when the audience and the performer(s) seem to come together with the music. Turns out there’s a
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Random music news for Friday, April 10, 2020
I completely forgot that we had a long weekend this week. Frankly, EVERY weekend for the last month has been long. Very long. Here’s your music news for Friday, April
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Digging deeper into music’s effect on the mind and the body
We’re all familiar with how music fan affects from both physical and mental points of view. No one is denying that there’s some kind of neurological connection. But what is
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