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If you could detect memory decline years before the diagnosis, what would you do differently today? Could you slow it, stop it, or avoid it altogether? For high‑performers—people who demand clarity, resilience, creativity—the cost of letting cognitive drift go unnoticed is steep. Yet that’s exactly what much of neuroscience suggests is happening: decline often begins long before we notice. The latest research on EEG (electroencephalography) monitoring offers a way to catch early slips in our mental fitness—before they cascade, and before they cost us performance in both work and daily life. Recently, a team at the University of Bath and...

The didgeridoo (also known as yidaki in some Aboriginal languages) is one of the world’s oldest instruments, originating in Indigenous Australian culture and steeped in spiritual tradition. For at least 1,500 years – and likely longer – it has been central to Aboriginal ceremonies, celebrations, and healing practices. Traditionally made from termite-hollowed eucalyptus, the didgeridoo produces a deep, droning tone rich in harmonics. Its sound has long been believed to promote wellbeing and meditative states. Today, neuroscience and clinical studies are confirming what Indigenous players have instinctively known: the didgeridoo’s low-frequency vibrations have unique effects on the brain and body....

Stress is a normal biological reaction that kicks in when we feel overwhelmed or threatened. In modern life, however, stress often becomes chronic and harmful to our health. Many people turn to exercise, meditation, or even comfort food to cope, but they often overlook a powerful tool hiding in plain sight: sound. Whether it’s the music you choose to play or the background hum of your environment, what you hear can strongly influence how your body and brain recover from stress. Neuroscience and psychology research now show that sound is not just for entertainment—it can actually be therapeutic, capable of...

There’s a familiar moment when a song does more than play in the room. Your breathing slows, posture unknots, and the jittery background noise of the day falls into line. Daniel Levitin’s new book, Music as Medicine: How We Can Harness Its Therapeutic Power, is a 300-page argument that this feeling is not a party trick. It is physiology. It is psychology. And, more and more, it is becoming clinical practice. Published last month to wide attention, the book stakes out a practical, evidence-first case for sound medicine as a companion to traditional care, while inviting ordinary listeners to use...