The scientific literature considers music either as an abstract stimulus, devoid of explicit meaning, or a universal language. Music listening rarely involves exclusive focus on the sounds themselves.

That one-hit wonder that keeps repeating in your head might be an indication of your ability to sing accurately, according to a UB researcher who co-authored a paper that examined earworms. An earworm ...

A new study shows that music and traffic noise do not just fill the background. They can reshape how vividly, emotionally, and even how far and how fast people imagine moving through a scene. Study: ...