Research suggests music can have positive effects on mood, including reducing stress and anxiety, boosting motivation, and evoking feelings of pleasure. Listening to music can engage pleasure pathways ...

Co-authored with Joel Klepac, a licensed marriage and family therapist. Recently, I found myself longing for a song to lift my mood. From somewhere in my memory, Paul Simon’s “Call Me Al” bubbled up.

The Texan trio’s vibes have spawned countless imitators, but their magic isn’t so easy to replicate. By Ryan Bradley Ryan Bradley is a writer based in Los Angeles. I worry that the word “vibes” is ...

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Listening to music can instill calmness and relaxation, as indicated by reduced cortisol levels and lowered heart rate (de Witte et al., 2020). A large-scale review of 400 studies showed that playing ...