Stephen Nedoroscik is putting in the work ahead of the Dancing With the Stars season 33 finale — and he’s got the receipts to prove it. “Put the volume all the way down and tried to see who could clap ...

There is growing interest in the "musical sense" (musicality) of other animals. A recent essay by Liam Drew titled "What can a sea lion teach us about musicality?" published in Frontiers in ...

This article was originally featured in MIT Press. In 2009, my research group found that newborns possess the ability to discern a regular pulse–the beat–in music. It’s a skill that might seem trivial ...

The members of Musicality, a singing group from Curie Metropolitan High School on the Southwest Side, looked elated after auditioning for the judges in the first round of “America’s Got Talent.” They ...

A team of researchers tested Beethoven’s DNA for beat synchronization ability, a trait related to musicality. While Beethoven’s polygenic score was unremarkable compared to the general population, the ...

August 13, 2024, is International Left-Handers Day, and, despite decades of research on left-handedness, there are still many open questions surrounding this fascinating phenomenon. Recently, a blog ...

In 2009, my research group in Amsterdam, in collaboration with colleagues at the HUN-REN Research Center in Hungary, found that newborns possess the ability to discern a regular pulse — the beat — in ...

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