Researchers have identified how brain rhythms are used to process music, a finding that also shows how our perception of notes and melodies can be used as a method to better understand the auditory ...

Ever wonder why metalheads are such teddy bears on the inside, despite how callused they look with their black shirts and battle vests? According to a new study by Southern Methodist University, ...

People who deeply grasp the pain or happiness of others also process music differently, say researchers. The study in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience compared MRI scans of low- and high-empathy ...

Areas of the brain that uniquely activate in people with higher empathy when they listen to familiar music. Source: SMU, UCLA (Wallmark et al.) Those who deeply grasp the pain or joy of other people ...