We tend to think of music as completely cultural—something we learn to love and understand through lullabies, radio hits, and ...

Even at a few days old, researchers found that babies were forming predictions based on rhythmic structure.

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.

Rhythmic movements, such as walking, chewing or scratching, are phylogenetically old motor behaviors found in many organisms, ranging from insects to primates. In contrast, discrete movements, such as ...

A well-trained athlete sprinting 100 yards performs a highly stereotyped, repetitive motor pattern. Neuroscientists understand that these rhythmic motor programs, such as walking, swimming and running ...

Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties are seen across languages with different ...