Music, Mind and Wellbeing

What's the art behind a supermarket playlist? We explore how music influences our behaviour in gyms, shops and pubs and we put it to the test in a French vs Italian wine experiment.

Vanessa Hughes explores the intersection of music and science. In this interview she talks to Professor Sarah Wilson about the impacts of music on the brain.

Research participants sought! Dr Amanda Krause is seeking participants for her research into the impact of radio on the lives of older listeners in Australia.

How well can you sing Happy Birthday? And if the answer is 'not very well', then don't feel too bad.

Singing helps calm both the baby and the parent, experts say, and creates a bedtime ritual to signal a transition from the day’s activities.

Professor Sarah Wilson was interviewed by Val McFarlane for Pursuit on congenital amusia for a story titled Tone Deaf? Why you can still hit the right notes.

ABC's Catalyst aired their episode, It's a Twin Thing, on October 31, 2017. MMW's Professor Sarah Wilson and Yi Ting Tan discussed how the findings from their twin study suggest that there may be an underlying genetic basis to musical ability.

In a world with a bewildering mix of fact and fiction, and in which social and mainstream media only add to the confusion, how do we separate out false or dubious claims from the well-founded and evidence-based?

A positive mental and physical trajectory over our lifespan is the key to health and wellbeing, says Dr Peggy Kern