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Neuroscience

Medical Mysteries of Music 

Can’t dance? Maybe it’s the fault of your genes.

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dancing, Genes, Genetics, Movement, Neuroscience

There are some of us–me included–that should never dance. Oh, I’ve tried, but people keep asking me if I’m all

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Scientists have narrowed down where music lives in the brain even more

March 7, 2022March 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brain, MIT, Neuroscience, Singing

Scientists have known for a while that music has its own special repository in our brains. Musical memories are stored

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

This piece of music could be the “anti-epilepsy” genre scientists have been looking for.

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brain, Epilepsy, Mozart, Neuroscience, Sonata for Two Pianos

The brain is a mysterious gooey thing. Taken out of the skull and laid on a table, the thing just

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

New study: What happens to your brain when you make music with other people

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Collaborations, Music, Neuroscience

Scientists love to study the effect of music on the brain. For evolutionary reasons unknown, our brains seem to be

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Stressed? Science says these are the 10 happiest songs of all time

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Alan Cross 4 Comments Dopamine, Neuroscience

This has been a hugely crappy year and the pandemic is going to make for a miserable winter. No wonder

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

There are scientific benefits to listening to new music.

August 8, 2020August 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Neurology, Neuroscience

[Stuck listening to the same old songs over and over? You might want to treat your brain to music you’ve

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

There’s new information on how the brain processes music

February 29, 2020February 28, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Brain, Music, Neuroscience

For reasons that are still very unclear from an evolutionary and neurological point of view, the human brain is hardwired

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Does listening to music give you chills? Then you may have a special brain.

February 6, 2020February 7, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Brain, Music, Neuroscience

I believe that The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” is the greatest rock song ever conceived. When Roger hits that

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018

December 1, 2018November 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Ariana Grande, Australia, iTunes, Jay Z, Kan ye West, Neuroscience, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Podcasts, Spotify, Tommy Lee, Travis Scott, Vinyl, VR, VUE, Wizard of Oz

Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018.

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Stressed? These are allegedly the ten best songs for reducing anxiety

November 30, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Neuroscience, Relaxing music

Everyone uses music to relax. But is there a way to maximize the amount of anxiety reduction? Yes, according to neuroscience.

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Here’s what science says happens to our brains when we listen to music

June 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brain, Music, Neuroscience

Although there doesn’t seem to be an evolutionary reason for us to have music, it seems as if our brains

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