There's more to music than meets the ear. Researchers trying to understand how the mind comprehends music and the role that cultural familiarity plays in the process have found that exposure to music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research suggests that infants who are better at detecting rhythm in music are also better at recognizing patterns in speech—an ...

New research indicates that children with better rhythmic abilities tend to exhibit a slower, more prolonged rate of brain development in specific regions associated with motor control and emotion.

The human brain operates as a tireless prediction machine. It watches a dropped glass and anticipates the shatter. It listens ...