Does our understanding of the human brain remain incomplete without a proper
understanding of how the brain processes music? Here, the author makes a passionate plea …

The hippocampus has a well-established role in spatial and episodic memory but a broader
function has been proposed including aspects of perception and relational processing …

Emotions, bodily sensations and movement are integral parts of musical experiences. Yet, it
remains unknown i) whether emotional connotations and structural features of music elicit …

Since the publication of the first neuroscience study investigating emotion with music about
two decades ago, the number of functional neuroimaging studies published on this topic has …

Music is powerful in conveying emotions and triggering affective brain mechanisms.
Affective brain responses in previous studies were however rather inconsistent, potentially …

The aging population is growing rapidly. Proposing interventions that enhance the cognitive
functions or strategies that delay the onset of disabilities associated with age is a topic of …

Listening to music is above all a human experience, which becomes an aesthetic
experience when an individual immerses himself/herself in the music, dedicating attention to …

Neurobiological models of emotion focus traditionally on limbic/paralimbic regions as neural
substrates of emotion generation, and insular cortex (in conjunction with isocortical anterior …

Hearing is essential to the formation of social relationships and is the principal afferent of
social life. Yet hearing loss, which is one of the most prevalent forms of sensory disability …

Background Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy with psilocybin is an emerging therapy
with great promise for depression, and modern psychedelic therapy (PT) methods …