A new comprehensive analysis suggests that the words embedded in songs do far more than simply provide a narrative for a melody; they actively shape the thoughts, feelings, and actions of listeners.

We have been alerted to a potential error in some of the coding used by the authors in their analyses and are looking into this as a matter of urgency. The authors ...

A couple of years ago, as his fellow psychologists debated whether narcissism was increasing, Nathan DeWall heard Rivers Cuomo singing to a familiar 19th-century melody. Cuomo, the lead singer and ...

Lyrics to most songs aren't exactly Shakespearean, but a new study scientifically examining lyrics says they are barely grade school level. Seatsmart.com has done a 10 year analysis of popular ...

Lyrics of successful songs in the United States have become simpler and more negative over recent decades, according to a University of Vienna study by psychologists Mauricio Martins and Markus ...

I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure there's some excellent basic biology behind the fact that there are some songs lyrics that you will simply never forget. Sometimes the most obvious reason can be ...