A new study by researchers at Edith Cowan University has explored why many university students listen to music while studying and whether it actually improves concentration or becomes a distraction. The research, led by Lindsey Cooke, surveyed more than 220 university students about their habits of listening to music while reading for academic purposes. The […]
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered something that experienced ballroom dancers have long known: When dancers are in tune with each other, their brains may sync up, helping them move as one. “When we dance, our brains are actually coupling,” said Thiago Roque, a graduate student in the Atlas Institute who led […]
Asha Bhosle, popular bollywood singer passed away today at the age of 92 in Mumbai. She died at Breach Candy Hospital following a chest infection, extreme exhaustion, multiple organ failure and a cardiac arrest. Her funeral is scheduled to take place at Shivaji Park. Asha Bhosle, born Ashalata Dinanath Mangeshkar on September 8, 1933, was […]
TikTok is built for people to create and share their own content, so dance music and indie artists fill the platform’s Top 100. On Spotify, love songs and music from major record labels dominate its top charts. On both platforms, people’s preferences only partly explain what songs become hits. A new University of California, Davis, […]
Music is not only a major part of Dan Fabbio’s life, as a music teacher it is his livelihood. So when doctors discovered a tumor located in the part of his brain responsible for music function, he began a long journey that involved a team of physicians, scientists, and a music professor and culminated with […]
A Festival of India is being organized in Senegal from 26 January to 28 February, 2017 to showcase diverse Indian culture, including classical and folk dance, music and an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi. The following events will be held in the Senegal capital City of Dakar: · Kathak Dance by Richa Jain and Group from […]
A study from the University Bochum in Germany showed in its recent comparative research of the classical music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss II vis-a-vis Abba of the 1980s that the hepertension comes down when you listen to Mozart or Strauss but not ABBA. They corraborated how Mozart’s music can reduce blood lipid […]