Scientists have developed an app to understand why some rhythms are more difficult to perform than others. Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have developed an app to understand why some ...

Born with rhythm: Studies show newborns can anticipate rhythmic patterns in music, suggesting rhythm is a biological ability present from birth. Music-language link: Infants who detect musical rhythm ...

Even if you can't keep a beat, your brain can. "The brain absolutely has rhythm," says Nathan Urban, a neuroscientist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. When you concentrate, Urban says, ...

A Dutch study has found that infants who can detect musical rhythms more accurately also tend to recognize speech patterns better, a key skill for language learning. The research, involving 44 babies ...