Aesthetic preference is intricately linked to learning and creativity. Previous studies have largely examined the perception of novelty in terms of pleasantness and the generation of novelty via ...

Neural resonance theory proposes that music is not a mental image of the sounds we hear but actual physical vibrations ...

Humans can anticipate music and derive pleasure from it. Expectations facilitate the learning of movements associated with anticipated events, and they are also linked with reward, which may further ...

Duolingo, the popular language learning app, will now teach users another way to express themselves: music. A new music learning course available within Duolingo’s iOS app teaches musical notes and ...

It's been a long-held belief that absolute pitch -- the ability to identify musical notes without reference -- is a rare gift reserved for a select few with special genetic gifts or those who began ...