Babies are born with the ability to predict rhythm, according to a study published February 5 in the open-access journal PLOS ...

Researchers looked at a connection between how infants process musical rhythm and language. We break it down.

Researchers found that babies as young as two-days-old could predict rhythm while listening to classical music. The post ...

Rhythm is a central component of music. Rhythm refers to the absolute timing of individual notes or sounds. The ability to perceive and produce rhythm enables people to make music. Research has shown ...

In a groundbreaking study published Nov. 21 in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers have uncovered significant genetic connections between human language abilities and musical rhythm skills ...

How do people keep the beat to music? When people listen to songs, slow waves of activity in the brain correspond to the perceived beat so that they can tap their feet, nod their heads, or dance along ...

Srishti Nayak, PhD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, is the study's lead author and a co-director of the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab. In a paper published in Nature ...