Hannah Docter-Loeb is a science journalist in Amsterdam. As the Sugababes take the stage a few metres away, Eefje Schrauwen stands outside her assigned shipping container. There are other units on ...

Music is widely used to motivate human behaviors and to influence mindset. Background music plays an important role in our everyday lives (eating, drinking, shopping, and driving). It is an important ...

New research suggests that playing music in the background could help people with ADHD concentrate, especially when it's fast-paced and engaging. Rather than being a distraction, background music ...

Listening to music while carrying out certain tasks (like reading or driving) that require continued attention is common. Research shows that background music improves concentration (Mendes et al., ...