It happens when you least suspect it.   Your child is singing a song she learned at school. All of sudden you’re singing the song too, first with her and then through the rest of the day.   You are bored at work. Then, you start singing a tune you don’t even like but you cannot stop singing it!   The phenomenon, often called having an earworm (or scientifically known as involuntary musical imagery), is a real thing that affects up to 92 percent of people at least once a week

Let’s be entirely honest, singing karaoke is not everyone’s idea of a good time. For some it may be embarrassing or spark a fit of...

Regular readers of our blog will know that we love science almost as much as we like music. Whether we’re seeing singing and dancing NASA...

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! According to scientific studies, people who listen to Jazz music are proven to be smarter and more...

If you’re having a difficult time remembering people’s names you can blame the cause on something other than your memory. You can blame...

According to an article by PBS.org , a study published in 2007 by Christopher Johnson, professor of music education and music therapy at...

Gizmodo.com reports that biological anthropologist Leslie Seltzer of the University of Wisconsin held an experiment where 7-12 year-old...

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Even though we speak throughout every day, most of us aren’t aware of how our voice actually makes sound.  Knowing how vocal sound is created gives us a great insight into singing, and can be very useful to make sure we are creating sound healthfully. Our voice makes sound in the same way all sound is made – through vibration.  We have two vocal cords, also called vocal folds, that vibrate when the breath passes them during exhalation.  These two membranes can stretch out to

Playing music produces a whirlwind of activity in the brain that is unmatched by any other activity including playing sports and painting. It is the only activity that researchers can compare to a full-body workout. A recent Ted-Ed video has some fun with this topic, exploring the issue through animation that’s under the direction of educator Anita Collins. Researchers have been studying this topic for more than two decades and there is still more work to be done but what is

Is there anything a robot cannot do? They beat us at “Jeopardy!”, write newspaper stories and defuse bombs. They are perfect humans. Or,...

A book from a New York Times reporter questions the notion of “good” study habits and may have you rethink how you practice for your...

Chances are if you play a contemporary pop song in front of someone from a different generation, they would complain about the state of...

We came across a documentary on Netflix that had us both in tears and full of joy about the power of music. The documentary, “ Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory, ” documents a music therapy program that assists elderly people living with dementia in nursing homes. In the beginning, you see the patients who are lethargic, lacking in emotion and sometimes completely unresponsive. Then, their caregiver gives them an iPod filled with their favorite sounds from their youn

There is something about a singer shattering glass that reminds us of our childhood. How many cartoons have we seen that features an oversized opera singer wearing a horned helmet belting out a note so loud and irritatingly high-pitched that glass shatters everywhere — from windows to cups to glasses? We never considered the validity of these cartoon images. Were these images based on fact or just a funny gag for the audience? Thankfully, there are inquisitive people in this

If alien life forms ever discovered human existence, how would you describe our life to them? Interestingly enough, scientists pondered this question in the 1970s and we love that they thought music was an important aspect of human life. NASA scientists created the Golden Record , a time capsule of sorts, which is a 12-inch gold-plated copper phonograph disk strapped aboard Voyager I and II that is traveling in the outer edges of the solar system as we write this post (In fac

Chances are, if you were on the Internet in late August, 2018 — either on social media or reading the news — you probably heard about a...