Highlights – May 2015

Here is a look at the most important research findings from various fields of study.

Although listening to music is common in all societies, the biological implications remain largely unknown.

A Finnish research group has investigated how listening to classical music affected the gene expression profiles of both musically experienced and inexperienced participants. All the participants listened to Mozart's violin concerto No.3, which lasts 20 minutes.

Listening to this music enhanced the activity of genes involved in dopa.....