The first chords of a favorite ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s song instantly evoke memories of youth, friends, or first loves. According to research published in Slate, brain imaging studies show that our ...

Nothing hits quite like music from the mid-1970s. If you’re a fan of that particular era of rock and pop, you’ve got a virtually endless stream of bands and musicians to dive into, much more than we ...

Mental health professionals are discovering that the songs from your past might be more effective at treating anxiety than traditional therapeutic approaches. What started as casual observations about ...

If you’ve ever listened to a song that was from an earlier time in your life and instantly been transported back to where you would have been when listening to it previously, then you know the power ...

Getting one’s groove on, A.K.A. busting a move, is an age-old tradition that dates back more than 50,000 years to the time of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon humans, who rhythmically writhed to drumming ...

A new study published in Human Brain Mapping has found that music which evokes nostalgia activates a unique network of brain regions tied to memory, self-reflection, and emotion. Researchers ...

Need some good throwbacks to the early 1970s? The year 1972 doesn’t get a ton of love among music history enthusiasts, but it should; that very year produced some of the most nostalgic songs of all ...