Daniel Levitin

People take part in an aqua aerobics session in a swimming pool at a resort at Holetown, Barbados, March 7, 2014.

Take a vacation. Your brain will thank you

As summer ends, people are cramming in that much-needed vacation in increasing numbers. But not everyone is taking them, indeed a quarter of American workers get no paid time off. And that's a problem for our brains.

Take a vacation. Your brain will thank you
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Musical Evolution Shaped by Consumers

Musical Evolution Shaped by Consumers

Careful, these songs will get stuck in your head: meet the earworm

Careful, these songs will get stuck in your head: meet the earworm

Music earworms that stick in our heads

Music earworms that stick in our heads

Imperfections key to musical emotions

Imperfections key to musical emotions