Music is a part of every culture around the world. In fact, the ability to appreciate music is built into our brains, suggesting music has an evolutionary function. Many music studies look at the long ...

A new study has found that sad music may actually do a world of good. Researchers from Tokyo University of the Arts and the RIKEN Brain Science Institute wrote, “In general, sad music induces sadness ...

A broken heart. A sad ending to a love affair. That’s something most of us have experienced, or probably will. After all, it’s part of human life; needed, at least one time, to become more fully adult ...

Source: David S. Soriano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Emotion, in particular sadness, has played an important role in art and music throughout human history and across human cultures. Music, ...

Meanwhile, sad music could do the opposite, amplifying negative emotions and increasing discomfort. A 2022 brainwave study demonstrated that motion sickness is associated with stronger alpha and theta ...