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Robert Zatorre wins major international award

Published: 5 June 2020

C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize recognizes his seminal work in the cognition of music...

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Using a cappella to explain speech and music specialization

Published: 27 February 2020

Study suggests humans have developed complementary neural systems in each hemisphere for auditory stimuli...

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The unexpected creates reward when listening to music

Published: 12 February 2019

Scientists prove difference between expected/actual outcomes cause reward response...

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Dopamine and reward responses to music causally linked

Published: 28 January 2019

A new study published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, reveals a causal link between the neurotransmitter dopamine and the reward responses to music. The study was...

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Now you like it, now you don’t

Published: 20 November 2017

Brain stimulation can change how much we enjoy and value music...

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Practice doesn’t always make perfect (depending on your brain)

Published: 28 July 2015

Study fuels nature versus nurture debate...

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