A major international study reveals that creative activities—from dancing to gaming—may significantly slow brain aging and ...

Research reveals why some people become brain super-agers—and how simple daily habits can help keep your brain strong, sharp, ...

Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...

An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised ...

Dame Judi Dench recently celebrated her 91st birthday and impressed everyone by reciting several Shakespearean soliloquies from memory.

A brain-scan study reveals key components of the brain's navigation system, which may help us better understand early ...

Scientists have discovered that your ability to perfectly recall the complete lyrics to childhood Christmas carols—including ...

New research shows that your brain’s “true age” can shift dramatically depending on how you live, with optimism, restorative ...

Music motivates and inspires and is a powerful and nonthreatening medium and therefore, people with Alzheimer’s react ...

When you listen to music, many brain regions fire up to help you analyze the sound and make sense of the emotions you feel in ...

Music is both a brain and a body experience—illness can impair this experience, while music can be a means to treat illness.