Music, an abstract stimulus, can arouse feelings of euphoria and craving, similar to tangible
rewards that involve the striatal dopaminergic system. Using the neurochemical specificity of […

Background Listening to music is amongst the most rewarding experiences for humans.
Music has no functional resemblance to other rewarding stimuli, and has no demonstrated …

We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate neural processes when music
gains reward value the first time it is heard. The degree of activity in the mesolimbic striatal …

Music has always played a central role in human culture. The question of how musical
sounds can have such profound emotional and rewarding effects has been a topic of interest …

The contribution of the three core components of working memory (WM) to the development
of mathematical skills in young children is poorly understood. The relation between specific …

Music has existed in human societies since prehistory, perhaps because it allows expression
and regulation of emotion and evokes pleasure. In this review, we present findings from …

Music is arguably one of the most potent rewards, existing in all cultures as far back as history
dates, and currently reported to be among the most pleasurable stimuli by most individuals…

Emotional arousal appears to be a major contributing factor to the pleasure that listeners
experience in response to music. Accordingly, a strong positive correlation between self-…

Although children's use of a variety of strategies to solve arithmetic problems has been well
documented, there is no agreed on standardized and validated method for assessing this mix…

Executive functions (EF) are a group of interrelated complex mental abilities that are involved
in planning and initiating goals and carrying them through despite interruptions. As these …