There is no mystery to feeling sad when you are faced with disappointment, loss, or stressful situations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Census Bureau began sending weekly questionnaires to over ...

People who come to therapy after experiencing a difficult breakup often mention that they have been turning to music as a source of emotional release. They sometimes ponder questions like: “Why am I ...

Isabella Kensington appreciates the science of a good, sad pop song—neuroscience, specifically. I meet the British-American singer-songwriter at East Village institution Veselka, the legendary ...

It would be too easy to shunt indie-pop idea machine Japanese Breakfast’s records into categories — here’s the sad one, the science fiction one, the happy one — especially given the title of her ...

A new study of the Turku PET Center in Finland has shown that music evokes similar emotions and bodily sensations around the world. New research led by Western Sydney University has found that ...