We examined music education majors' ability to reproduce rhythmic stimuli presented in melody and rhythm only conditions. Participants reproduced rhythms of two-measure music examples by immediately ...

One of the most common human responses to music is to move to it. Our bodies respond to music in conscious and unconscious ways. The urge to move to music is universal among humans. Listeners react to ...

Rhythmic drum patterns with a balance of rhythmic predictability and complexity may influence our desire to dance and enjoy the music, according to a study published April 16, 2014 in the open-access ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a striking idea: some brain cells appear to be tuned specifically to music, firing in ...

While the passage of Public Law 94-142 has increased the mainstreaming of exceptional children in general music classes, little research has been conducted to determine if these children learn music ...

Scientists are finding more evidence that birdsong parallels human-made music. Credit...Fiona Carswell Supported by By Marlowe Starling When a bird sings, you may think you’re hearing music. But are ...

Life begins with music. The human body provides the basic musical elements for the soundtrack to fetal development. The rhythmic pulsing of mom’s heartbeat, the rise and fall of her footsteps, the ...

Music is intimately associated with experiences of emotions. Rhythmic entrainment is a possible mechanism of emotion that can be evoked by music. Rhythmic entrainment also binds individuals together ...

Andrew J. Milne is affiliated with Dynamic Tonality, a loosely organised collective of researchers and fellow travellers who host a website and build software for facilitating interaction with ...

Lace fragments used to compose scores for LACE, an ongoing project by Zeena Parkins (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Delicate and fine, Shetland lace was made popular in the 19th century ...