A music educator thought that if he could just control his study for the myriad factors that might have influenced previous ones – race, income, education, etc. — he could disprove the notion of a link between students’ musical and mathematical achievement. Nope. His new study showed statistically significant associations between the two at both […]

Neuroscientists tracked the brains and pupils of self-described basketball fans as they watched March Madness games, to study how people process surprise — an unexpected change of circumstances that shifts an anticipated outcome. They found that that shifts in the pattern of activity in high-level brain areas only happened at moments that contradicted the watchers’ […]

Scientists have discovered a training method to further improve the delicate touch of pianists by optimizing the method rather than increase the amount of training. They developed a system that freely controls the weight of piano keys using a haptic device, which enables to control the strength and direction of the force. The results of […]