Neural resonance theory proposes that music is not a mental image of the sounds we hear but actual physical vibrations ...

Turns out the bass is the driving force in music for a reason. Each song may have its own unique sonic fingerprint, but researchers see a common thread running through nearly all music. “One of the ...

A universal sign of motherhood is the lullaby. The world over, mothers sing to their babies, whether Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, their favorite song from the radio, or even random notes. This ...

A sense of rhythm is a uniquely human characteristic. Music cognition scientists discovered that the sense of rhythm – also known as the beat – is so fundamental to humans that we recognize patterns ...

We love a good rhythm game. The Nintendo DS is perfect for the genre, and multiple games have already done well using a pretty simple formula of tapping in time with music. Perhaps trying to appeal to ...

When Chiara de Gregorio thinks of rhythm, two things come to mind: the mega-hit “We Will Rock You” by the British band Queen and endangered lemurs. The simple, well-timed beats in “We Will Rock You” ...

Stuck on a tricky math problem? Start clapping. Grade school kids who learned about fractions through a rhythm-and-music-based curriculum outperformed their peers in traditional math classes. The work ...