Music is everywhere—playing in coffee shops, on hold lines, in Ubers, behind YouTube ads, and of course, in your earbuds while you work. It’s so constant, we often treat it like harmless background ...

Another study found that students with musical training could write longer, better-structured sentences when working with ...

Despite arguments to the contrary, background music can undermine both creative innovation and productivity. According to several surveys, most people believe listening to music boosts their ...

From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. Some people work ...

Amy Morin is an author, psychotherapist, and host of The Verywell Mind Podcast. She says several studies have found that listening to music while working can make you more productive. Listening to ...

The music darts into the ear, does its subtle job in the subcortex of the brain, then slips out the other ear without saying goodbye. The listener is all but unaware that he has heard anything, but ...

The term "ambient" music was first coined in the late '70s by influential British artist Brian Eno, who described it as music created to "induce calm and space to think." Since then, the genre has ...

If you habitually pop in AirPods when you really, really need to get some work done in your open-concept office, you're far from alone. Nearly 80% of adults listen to music while they work, and ...

If you’re someone who listens to music because you can’t study in silence, you probably have a high GPA, according to a new study. A recent survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of online university ...

October marks the first anniversary of the death of Google Play Music, leaving only the sad shadow of a replacement music service, YouTube Music, in Google's ecosystem. YouTube Music is showing just ...

WHATEVER happened to background music in public places? Does one even notice it in the malls or restaurants? (Is piped-in music still there?) When waiting for the order to be served, can you notice ...