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 ...

A sense of rhythm is a uniquely human characteristic. Music cognition scientists discovered that the sense of rhythm – also known as the beat – is so fundamental to humans that we recognize patterns ...

The New York–based program studies how structured musical elements may assist student understanding of math concepts. Structured rhythm can provide a framework that helps students organize and ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research shows that play sessions with music improved babies' brain processing of both music and new speech sounds. Rock your baby in sync with music and you may wonder how the experience affects ...

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 ...