Music, including Mozart's compositions, can have several effects on the brain. It engages multiple areas simultaneously, including those responsible for auditory processing, motor control ...

It was an animated music box run by water, a marvel that would have caught the attention of Mozart’s father, who composed music for the mechanical organ in the fortress that looms over Salzburg ...

While this study, known as the "Mozart Effect," is debated, many researchers agree that classical music positively influences the brain by enhancing abstract thinking and mental clarity.

Playing music for plants can help them to grow, and it turns out that the same might be true for humans. In a new study published in the peer-reviewed science journal Chaos, researchers played ...

Michael Mosley looks at that famous – or perhaps infamous – piece of research that apparently showed that listening to Mozart could make ... to their IQ. What music – and perhaps other ...