Imagine yourself as a graphic designer for New Age musician Enya, tasked with creating her next album cover. Which two or three colors from the grid below do you think would “go best” with her music?

The superficial amygdala is involved in the processing of basic socio-affective information, including music. Music-evoked pleasure is associated with activity of the dopaminergic mesolimbic reward ...

Popular music includes countless love songs, and also a surprising number of songs about romantic breakups. Another category of songs has gone unnoticed: anti-breakup songs, with one or both partners ...

"Sweet Emotion" helped Aerosmith break through to the Top 40, while kicking off a string of hit songs and albums that continued for decades. Given how comfortably 'Sweet Emotion' rests on the groove, ...

The “Star-Spangled Banner” stirs pride. Ed Sheeran’s “The Shape of You” sparks joy. And “ooh là là!” best sums up the seductive power of George Michael’s “Careless Whispers.” UC Berkeley researchers ...

A new study in Cortex finds that listening to music with another person synchronizes brain activity and emotional responses, even if it doesn’t boost overall song enjoyment. Researchers observed ...