Whether listening to a concerto by Bach or the latest pop tunes on Spotify, the human brain does not wait passively for the song to unfold. Instead, when a musical phrase has an unresolved or ...

What happens in the brain when one musical phrase ends and another begins? The answer lies in musical boundaries—the invisible lines shaping our listening experience. Researchers at the University of ...

A new study has found that blood pressure synchronizes to predictable phrase structures in music. Blood pressure was more affected by loudness than tempo and was more strongly influenced by phrase ...

Country music, in its purest form, is rooted in narrative songwriting that tells a story in a way that is short, sweet, and universally understandable. A great country tune gets its point across ...

A new study has found that blood pressure synchronises to predictable phrase structures in music. Blood pressure was more affected by loudness than tempo and was more strongly influenced by phrase ...

New research shows that blood pressure, like heart rate and breathing, synchronises more to predictable phrase structures in music, which may improve the body’s baroreflex sensitivity, i.e. its ...

3D Visualization of Brain Responses to Musical Boundaries. This 3D brain visualization illustrates how the brain responds musical boundary transitions, highlighting how neural networks adjust before, ...