An intriguing new study shows positive cognitive effects for older people playing an instrument for the first time.

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Didn't learn a musical instrument? It may not be too late to benefit. A new study suggests that learning an instrument in ...

Everyone loves music. But there are also many benefits of learning to play an instrument. Give the lifelong gift of music to ...

Generations of parents have told their children to practice their musical instruments. Parents have good reason to keep on top of their children's musical education, since learning an instrument is ...

A new study published by researchers at the University of Bath demonstrates the positive impact learning to play a musical instrument has on the brain's ability to process sights and sounds, and shows ...

A belly turns into a drum, hands mold into percussion tools and a face adorns a brass bell in this anatomical art history show ...

Christmas is the season to be jolly, but it’s wrapped in some cheerless trials. There’s car park mania, pre-dawn pilgrimages to purchase seafood, and the ever-perplexing question, “What should I buy ...

It started after my mother died. She was a concentration-camp survivor—a prodigy concert pianist in Vienna who was taken when she was only a girl. She taught me the piano by holding her hands over ...

In the early years of electrification, when electricity was beginning to shape the modern world, this new technology was being put to use in many more places than turning motors and providing lighting ...

In the early 20th century, Chicago became an epicenter for the manufacture of musical instruments. Credit: Illustration by Frank Okay Like a giant urban phoenix, Chicago rose from the ashes of the ...

Musician Di Lin stages a concert at the Central Conservatory of Music on July 3. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As the first doctoral candidate in ruan performance at the Central Conservatory ...