What they discovered is extraordinary: Even two-day-old newborns could process the rhythms in the Bach piano sonatas played.

Your family members and neighbors may shudder when they first see you bring a drum set into the house, but honestly, it's a worthwhile skill to have. It's great to learn how to play any musical ...

Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person’s individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills ...

Rhythms in the brain that are associated with learning become stronger as the body moves faster, UCLA neurophysicists report in a new study. The research team, led by professor Mayank Mehta, used ...

WASHINGTON — Gently bounce a baby while you sing, and you’ll usually get squeals of glee. But it’s not just fun: Feeling the beat helps wire babies’ brains to hear rhythm. So says new research that ...

A new discovery in rats shows that the brain responds differently in immersive virtual reality environments versus the real world. The finding could help scientists understand how the brain brings ...

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