Studies suggest certain kinds of music can improve focus, especially among those with ADHD. Like many children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Jake Sussman struggled in ...

Everyday sounds add to the torment of a person with chronic back pain, apparently because pain rewires how the brain responds ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to ...

Chronic back pain appears to amplify everyday sensory experiences, including sound. Brain scans reveal altered activity in ...

Chronic back pain causes the brain to amplify everyday sounds, but Pain Reprocessing Therapy can "turn down the volume." ...

For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion, or survival.

The term “nervous breakdown” is no longer used—“mental-health crisis” is the nomenclature du jour—but I think I had one two years ago. My journey into the psychological night was precipitated by a ...

New research may provide a key to a scientific enigma: How does the awake brain transform sensory input into a conscious experience? The groundbreaking study relied on data collected from electrodes ...