From flash mobs to line-dancing to the Nutbush, experiencing rhythm and movement in a group context is known to boost mental and physical health in people of all ages. Now a University of the Sunshine ...

Drumming and singing at the same time is impressive, whether you’re Karen Carpenter, Ringo Starr or a chimpanzee. Japanese ...

A recent study published in the Annals of Neurosciences suggests that practicing a specific type of sound-based meditation ...

A new study saying bumblebees can recognize rhythmic patterns puts them alongside Ronan the sea lion, the first non-human mammal shown to keep a beat.

But our new research, published today in the journal Science, shows humans are not alone in mastering rhythm. Even the ...

Latin Hip Hop and Reggaeton Festival at The Carling Academy Islington London. Everynight Images/Alamy A little-known American lawsuit could end up reshaping popular music. A US federal court is ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Long before they can clap along to a song or bounce to a beat, babies may already be wired for rhythm, according to new ...

For more than a century, psychologists thought that the infant experience was, as the psychologist and philosopher William James famously put it, a “blooming, buzzing confusion.” But new research ...

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Insights into how universal, cognitive mechanisms interact with cultural learning. Music may be the universal language, but research reveals that how we interpret rhythm is far more complex than ...