Mikael Cho is the co-founder of ooomf, a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Mikael writes about psychology, startups, and product marketing ...

You've probably heard that classical music is good for studying, taking tests and doing creative work. This idea stems from the "Mozart Effect," a term coined in 1993 when scientists discovered that ...

Many people feel that listening to music at work improves their mood. Others claim it even makes them more productive. Is there any merit to these impressions? The connection between listening to ...

We use music to set the tone of our environment and our mood, whether we’re unwinding after work or throwing a party. But in an age when many of us spend our time staring at a computer screen, music ...

From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. Some people work ...

Learning requires your brain to analyze and remember instructions and facts. When music is on, however, your brain has to process auditory data on top of processing the instructions and facts. Because ...

Rihanna didn't just release one music video for her song "Work," she released two. And, in response, the Internet is going crazy. Between Rihanna's crazy dance moves, her chemistry with Drake, and her ...

Manuel F. Gonzalez is a PhD candidate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Baruch College, CUNY. John R. Aiello is a professor of Psychology at Rutgers University. This story originally featured ...

I love music. Music in the car. Music in the shower. Music everywhere. But music most important when I’m at my desk busy working from home. I use music to get me in the right mindset for whatever I’m ...

Rihanna’s newly released music video for “Work,” in which her song is played twice over the course of seven and a half minutes, addresses issues of Caribbean immigrant workers in the United States. In ...