Your brain on music

From lifting your mood to blurring the limits of fatigue, music doesn’t just soundtrack your workouts – it changes the way you move. Here's how rhythm, tempo and melody might be shaping your performance in ways you don’t even realise

Much of what we don’t understand about being human is simply in our heads. The brain is a befuddling organ, as are the very questions of life and death, consciousness, sleep, and much more

How our ancient brains evolved the perfect way to keep us safe by controlling the chemicals in our minds to moderate our behaviour

The human brain has the unique ability to take what it knows and dream up something new

Music cannot work a magic spell. It can, however, do wonderful things. In recent issues of BBC Music Magazine, we have explored the benefits to mental health of listening and playing music, not least

Memory can be a playful thing. It collects minute details from childhood events, yet leaves us wondering where we left our keys