Manuel F. Gonzalez is a PhD candidate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Baruch College, CUNY. John R. Aiello is a professor of Psychology at Rutgers University. This story originally featured ...

Stand on any street in your town and you'll witness a trend that began 30 years ago with the invention of the Walkman: music lovers walking around wearing headphones. The freedom to listen to the ...

Anna Fiveash receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Listening to music can enhance our lives in all kinds of ways – many of us use it during exercise, to regulate our mood, or in the ...

Do you like to listen to music when you work? Pose this question at a party, and you’ll probably get some polarizing responses. Some will say they love it, claiming that it improves their performance; ...

Nikki Forrester is a science journalist based in Davis, West Virginia. She listened to ambient electronic music while writing this story, until she realized it was too distracting. When it comes to ...

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