Whether you're working the floor at a retail store or sifting through papers at a desk, a new study suggests you may want to start paying more attention to the music that's playing in the background — ...

Ever throw on your headphones at work, hoping that your "focus music" playlist will supercharge your productivity? You're not ...

Have you ever gone to a store or a restaurant where the music was so annoying that you walked right out? Now imagine what it must be like for the employees. In a new study, researchers found that when ...

Listening to music by yourself might not seem like a social activity, but UB researchers have published a study that suggests how doing so can have valuable social benefits. “It’s a great way to give ...

I’ve written in many places, some wonderful, others makeshift or uncomfortable. I’ve written on trains and in hotel rooms, at ergonomically perfect desks and on laptops balanced on my knees. I once ...

Do those words sound familiar? That’s because they’re the lyrics to Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass,” slightly tweaked to function as a medical study tool. J.C. Sue, DO Early in med school, J.C.