Soulful Sonic Selections

Studies show that music with lyrics reduces our mental performance at work, with performance being reduced with increased speech intelligibility - the more voices we can hear while working, including lyrics, the lower our productivity.

Meanwhile, instrumental music could boost our...

Dance therapy is a way of feeling better through movement. Instead of just talking about our feelings, we use dance and expressive movements to show how we feel. It's like dancing our emotions out. When we move our bodies to music or in a guided way, it helps not only our...

For activities that don’t require concentration, music with lyrics has some benefits. But with immersive tasks, lyrics are especially destructive to our focus.

Trying to engage in language-related tasks ( e.g. writing ) while listening to lyrics would be a...