Researchers looked at a connection between how infants process musical rhythm and language. We break it down.

Rhythm is a central component of music. Rhythm refers to the absolute timing of individual notes or sounds. The ability to perceive and produce rhythm enables people to make music. Research has shown ...

The researchers found no difference in performance on the control task, suggesting that the benefit provided by regular musical rhythm was specific to language and not visual tasks. They say their ...

Music and rhythm therapy are gentle ways to help babies who can't talk yet develop their senses, emotions, and brains. This ...

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 ...

Mankato resident Sandra Hofsommer, who has Alzheimer’s, is no stranger to the sound of music, singing in choirs and glee clubs throughout her entire life. “Ever since I was young, my mother had a ...

When Joseph Schillinger, an energetic little Russian, bustled into the U.S. to teach his “scientific method” of music composition, he hit it just right. The harassed jazz composers and arrangers on ...