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Biology

Bouncing key to dance synchronization

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Rome, August 6, 2024 – New research from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) reveals that bouncing helps people sync at concerts, clubs, or...

Neuroscience

How brains distinguish between music and speech

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Auditory system uses amplitude modulation to differentiate between music and speech.

Parenting

Infants hear more speech than music at home

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Comparison of speech and music input for infants over two years .

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Technology

A new method for classifying electronic music

Pranjal Malewar

Getting with the electronic beat.

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Health

Vibrating gloves help stroke patients in muscle spasm recovery

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Vibrotactile stimulation studied for post-stroke spasticity relief.

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Health

Playing an instrument improves brain health in older age

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Analyzing cognitive development in UK aging cohort via musical instruments.

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Health

Scientists reveal how sense of smell alters our perception of colors

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Color perception is affected by odors, study finds.

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Neuroscience

Boosting cognitive arousal and performance with everyday pleasure

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Using wearable devices to control how your brain thinks by listening, tasting, and smelling.

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Health

Not getting enough sleep, whether in Seattle or anywhere else, can harm heart

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Cardiovascular disease indicators and sleep irregularity: A Multi-Ethnic Study.

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Health

The soothing power of improvisational music for epilepsy patients

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Epilepsy monitoring unit's calming music pilot study during COVID-19.

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Robotics

The robotic glove helps stroke patients play the piano again

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Smart hand exoskeleton helps people learn to play musical instruments.

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Education & Business

What makes a song successful in the competitive music market?

Pranjal Malewar

Here comes the sun.

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Health

Joyful music could be a game-changer for virtual reality headaches

Pranjal Malewar

Listening to music could reduce the dizziness, nausea, and headaches virtual reality users might experience.

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Health

Music can help prevent cognitive decline

Vidya Nagalwade

The positive impacts of musical activities to counteract brain aging.

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Health

Prenatal music exposure enhances the baby’s brain’s ability to encode speech sounds

Pranjal Malewar

Listening to music during pregnancy benefits the baby’s brain’s ability to encode speech sounds.

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Science

Analysis of more than 200,000 Spotify tracks reveals commonalities and diversity in sleep music

Editorial Team

Study has identified several characteristics typical of music associated with sleep

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Social Science

Playing the piano boosts brain processing power

Pranjal Malewar

A randomised control trial shows the positive effects learning to play music has on cognitive abilities.

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Social Science

Psychologists revealed some of the secrets of a hit song

Pranjal Malewar

Hit song secrets unveiled!

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Social Science

Is music a truly universal language?

Pranjal Malewar

What do you see when you listen to music?

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Science

Music students exhibited certain kinds of brain activity more strongly than other students

Pranjal Malewar

Mapping the musical mind.

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Science

Scientists translated the structure of a spider web into music

Ashwini Sakharkar

Making music from spider webs.

Jacob do Bandolim
Technology

Analyzing music outside the traditional canon

Ashwini Sakharkar

Bringing computational music analysis beyond the traditional canon.

Music triggers individual effects on the heart
Health

Music triggers individual effects on the heart

Pranjal Malewar

People respond and perceive music differently. It can also vary significantly concerning the rhythm. Similarly, music has different impacts on the individual brain, suggest...

Technology

High-tech graphene-based earphones for high-fidelity audio lovers

Amit Malewar

To create an acoustic product platform of 100% graphene micro transducers, proprietary electronics, and contextually aware voice operation software, a California-based company called GraphAudio...

How the brain separates speech from the song?
Science

How the brain separates speech from the song?

Amit Malewar

Speech and music are human universals, and people around the world often blend them into vocal songs. This entwinement of the speech and music...

Professor Joshua Rosenstock, standing in his Fermentophone exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Technology

Fermentophone: New musical instrument made of fermented fruits

Pranjal Malewar

Getting the band of microbes back together.

Chimpanzees spontaneously dance to music
Science

Chimpanzees spontaneously dance to music

Amit Malewar

Sound also induces rhythmic swaying in chimpanzees.

Music is universal, suggests a most comprehensive scientific study
Social Science

Music is universal, suggests a most comprehensive scientific study

Pranjal Malewar

Music everywhere.

Health

Music may offer an alternative to preoperative drug routinely used to calm nerves

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists wanted to find out if it might offer a suitable alternative to midazolam.

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Health

Music strengthens the development of brain networks of very premature babies

Amit Malewar

Almost 1% of children are born very prematurely in Switzerland. However, recent advances have offered them a good chance of survival, still, the children...

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