Many a time, people view music as a companion in life. It can lift spirits, turn boring tasks into enjoyable routines, and add energy to our movements. Recent research from scientists at the ...

Music is known to be therapeutic, but can it boost your memory? Well, it can. A new study found that listening to music can sharpen the brain and also has the potential to improve the lives of people ...

New research by UCLA neuroscientists shows that listening to music after an experience or activity can make it more memorable if you have just the right amount of emotional response while listening to ...

Music that evokes an emotional response may influence the specificity of memory recall, new research suggests. Investigators found that participants who were shown a series of images of everyday items ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. We revisit host Robin Young's October 2023 conversation with former Boston Globe classical music critic and Tufts assistant professor ...

Why do people buy concert tickets? Maybe they are motivated by the social element. Maybe it’s intellectual or artistic curiosity. Sometimes good old-fashioned boredom is motivation enough. Or maybe — ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 24, 2024. Click here for that audio. Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Boston Globe classical music critic Jeremy Eichler about his new book ...