– LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

You must want real life, not mere pleasure of sensual gratification.

Life is the performance of function; and the individual really lives only when he performs every function - physical, mental, and spiritual, of which he is capable, w...

One of the most remarkable effects of music on the brain is that it stimulates the release of dopamine, which is a brain mediator that lifts your spirit. We produce 9% more dopamine from the music we particularly like.

What does that have to do with creativity? There's evidence that dopami...

Silence is more relaxing than relaxing music. 

In an experiment, the silence was used as a control between the different relaxing music clips. But the two-minute silent pauses between the music actually proved more relaxing on the brain.