Another study found that students with musical training could write longer, better-structured sentences when working with ...

With National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in full swing, many writers may be looking for ways to blast through their writer’s block and boost their creativity. One common technique writers often ...

Previously, the idea behind music and work has been that music can energize, calm and focus you. You simply have to find the “right” music and pair it with certain types of tasks (e.g., instrumental ...

The results of a new study suggest that listening to music can significantly impair your ability to perform creative tasks. Whilst music was found to disrupt creative processes, ambient "library noise ...

Music is often associated with creativity. However, a study published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology has found that listening to background music impairs certain types of creative ...

In the world of open-office floor plans, many of us find ourselves unwitting participants in other colleagues’ conversations, deliberations, or at best privy to some very loud keyboard tapping. Taking ...

The popular view that music enhances creativity has been challenged by researchers who say it has the opposite effect. Psychologists investigated the impact of background music on performance by ...

POINT AU ROCHE — Scott Hanley had always wanted to learn to play a six-string guitar. But he injured a hand in a fall at his job as a correction officer and so had to get creative, instead. Hanley ...

Carver Center for Arts and Technology students are excelling and representing! Erica Rimlinger, vice president of communications for the Carver Center Foundation, and parent of a student in Carver’s ...