The music most deeply embedded in our identity usually comes from a specific period in life, particularly our teens.

A global study reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our teenage years—typically peaking around ...

New research from UC Santa Cruz is finally giving you the go-ahead to sing in the shower as loud as you want. Because, as it turns out, you probably sound pretty darn good. Psychologists wanted to ...

Music has played a role in managing behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, such as agitation, for a long time. That ...

Music has a remarkable ability to evoke powerful memories and emotions. When we listen to a piece of music from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment. Music can act as a direct line to our ...

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Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson tells BBC Breakfast about his love of music and work with dementia charities.

Psychologists studied 'earworms,' the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play automatically on a loop, to show that highly accurate pitch memory is much more common than might be expected.