Upbeat songs trigger exciting memories while more mellow tunes evoke recollections of romance and sad times, according to new research. A piece of music's energy level and mood impact the memories it ...

Ever had a song come on the radio and suddenly you're 16 again, sitting in your best friend's car on a summer night? It's wild how a few notes can pull you straight back to a moment you thought you'd ...

Music and memory often go hand in hand, bringing the past back to life. But you don't have to hear the song itself. Simply seeing the title, lyrics, or a picture of the artist is enough to launch the ...

In the energetic spy adventure, music helps a shy novelist remember who she actually is. There’s some science to how music triggers memories. “Argylle,” a romantic spy movie from “Kingsman” director ...

The relationship between music and memory is powerful. Music evokes powerful emotions that then bring back memories. When we listen to a piece of music from years ago, we seem to travel back to that ...

We’ve all heard anecdotes about the “power of music” to reconnect us with moments from our pasts. You may have seen one of several viral YouTube videos of a patient with dementia hearing a piece of ...

First research linking the phenomena of ‘earworms’ and music-evoked memory Authors hope research could eventually aid in treatment of people with memory loss So, no one told you life was going to be ...

Our fondness for a song is often connected to a string of memories — when a lyric or a melody made the world feel larger, more full of possibility for a moment. When the artists who made the music are ...

What is the sound of your summer? We asked people around the office at WHYY about their favorite summer songs and the memories that go with them. What’s your most memorable summer song? What is the ...