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 Music and science may seem to inhabit different universes--one of beauty and emotion, the other of logic and reason. But now, neuroscientists are placing them in the same solar system. Norman M. Weinberger, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology and behavior at the University of California at Irvine, explains how new research is beginning to reveal the role of music in brain function--and our lives. Nancy K. Dess: Is music in our genes? Norman M. Weinberger: Music exists in every culture, and infants have excellent musical abilities that cannot be explained by learning. Mothers everywhere sing to their infants because babies understand it. Music seems to be part of our biological heritage. NKD: So our brains evolved to process it? NMW: Not in the sense that a particular chunk of brain is musical. It's complex, because music has many elements--rhythm, melody and so on. For example, certain cells in the right hemisphere respond more to melody than to language. NKD: Music's complex rep...

  Music can be a powerful emotional tool. The sweet, somber sounds of Adele’s “Someone Like You” can bring chills—or even tears—to listeners. In the 18th century, the emotional allure of music was no different: The quiet, reverberating notes in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 can still evoke loneliness and despair. There are few things more satisfying than yell-singing along to Nirvana when you’re angry, or skipping around the house to a Taylor Swift song after a particularly good day. I have used pleasant sounds of nature—such as rain, waves on the shore, meadows or woods with birds, or music the patient finds soothing—instead of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) successfully in patients with PTSD.  As it turns out, the emotions evoked by music don’t just feel good—they’re healthy for you, too. A meta-analysis of 400 music studies found that listening to music has the ability to reduce anxiety, fight depression and boost the immune system. Clinical music the...

 That's one of several intriguing findings from a new study on the impact siblings have on one another. Brigham Young University professor Laura Padilla-Walker is the lead author on the research, which also sorts out the influence of siblings and the influence of parents within families.   "Even after you account for parents' influence, siblings do matter in unique ways," said Padilla-Walker, who teaches in BYU's School of Family Life. "They give kids something that parents don't."   Padilla-Walker's research stems from BYU's Flourishing Families Projectand will appear in the August issue of the Journal of Family Psychology. The study included 395 families with more than one child, at least one of whom was an adolescent between 10 and 14 years old. The researchers gathered a wealth of information about each family's dynamic, then followed up one year later. Statistical analyses showed that having a sister protected adolescents fro...

We love our siblings to death, well more or less. Without them our childhood wouldn’t be as fun as it was. Having someone to talk to, play with and even fight is an unforgettable part of our memories. One day we’ll look back to all of those old days and feel nostalgia about our childhood.   A sibling relationship is likely to be the most enduring of our lives. The impact they have on our young and adult lives is enormous – they shape our history and our character, to a far greater extent than is usually acknowledged. The book Siblings In Development, edited by psychotherapists Vivienne Lewin and Belinda Sharp, states ‘siblings are not just second editions in relation to the parents, but have a profound importance in their own right. Relationships with siblings are ineradicably fixed in our psyches.’ A study tracking almost 300 men from the late 1930s to the present day has shed new light on the importance of the sibling bond. According to the Harvard Study of Adult Development,...

 YouTube continues to be the second largest platform on the Internet after Google. The website gets over 30 million visitors per day. In an average month, 8 out of 10 18-49 year-olds watch videos on YouTube. If you are here because you are giving it a try at becoming a content creator on YouTube: Bravo! But you have chosen a really tough challenge and the road ahead of you is not going to be easy. According to statistics 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every MINUTE! Almost 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube every single day. When you think about it, you uploading a video on YouTube is figuratively like dropping a glass of water in the ocean. That’s why nearly every artist despite the fame they have they choose to invest on YouTube to even reach more people  YouTube is the 2nd most-visited website in existence, according to Alexa YouTube is a great platform that gives you a great opportunity to make a career as a content creator. The success of singers for examp...