Ever noticed how your foot starts tapping or your shoulders begin to sway the moment a catchy beat plays? Even babies, before ...

Have you ever wondered why a drumbeat makes your foot tap before you even realize it? It’s not magic or mystical prediction, ...

While tempo and rhythm each have their own impact on our emotional response, they work best when combined. Together, they create a cohesive musical experience that can trigger a wide range of emotions ...

When a sound repeats steadily—like a drumbeat, a bell, or even a clock ticking—it doesn’t just echo in your ears. Deep inside ...

Communicating with drumming and calls. Rhythmic music-making has long been considered uniquely human, and percussion is one of the earliest forms of human musical expression. Drumming can have ...

Despite the differences between chimpanzee and human drumming, chimps show some of the “core building blocks of human musical rhythm”, says team member Vesta Eleuteri at the University of ...

Research reveals that animals do respond to music—but not always in the way humans do. Explore how species-specific sounds ...