Music can lift your spirits, calm your nerves, or break your heart in a few notes. It can also nudge what you remember, but ...

Scientists are gradually understanding more about how and when music therapy works. One of the known uses of music in therapy is for Alzheimer’s and dementia therapy, where listening to music can help ...

Libby Damjanovic receives funding from Lund University, Thora Ohlsson stiftelsen. Around one in five American adults manage to squeeze in watching a movie on a daily basis. It’s a great way to escape ...

Listening to music immediately after learning new information may help improve memory retention in older adults and individuals with mild Alzheimer’s disease. A new study published in the journal ...

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 ...

December brings fall semester's final exams and some students turn to music to help while they study. But is that a good idea? A September article from University of Maryland Global Campus touts the ...

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A partnership program between the UNO School of Music and the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences is studying how music can help Alzheimer's and dementia patients.

It can be hard to avoid the chime of classic Christmas songs at this time of year. Certain songs may even bring up potent memories, transporting a person to a specific moment in the past, like an ...

NEW YORK -- More than 6 million Americans are living with dementia, and while there is no cure, patients can be helped by music. In this Snapshot New York, Steve Overmyer learns how melodies help ...