Music and Memory: How Sound Helps Us Remember

Music and Memory: How Sound Helps Us Remember

A few notes of an old song and, without any effort, you are somewhere else — a particular summer, a car journey, a person you have not thought about in years. Music has an unusual power to unlock memory, often more vividly than a photograph or a smell. Researchers...
Music for Studying: Learn Better with the Right Sounds

Music for Studying: Learn Better with the Right Sounds

Reach for your headphones before opening a textbook and you are in good company — but does music actually help you study, or does it just feel productive? The honest answer from research is: it depends. Here is what the science says, and how to make music work for...