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 ...

Brain activity suggests newborns can detect and predict patterns relating to rhythm, study says ...

Newborn brains respond strongly to rhythm changes in music, suggesting that timing expectations develop earlier than melody perception.

Newborns predict musical beats but show no response to melodies. The surprising reason rhythm dominates infant brains from ...

Babies are born with the ability to predict rhythm, according to a study published February 5 in the open-access journal PLOS ...

Rhythmic drum patterns with a balance of rhythmic predictability and complexity may influence our desire to dance and enjoy the music. Many people find themselves unable to resist moving their bodies ...