We effortlessly identify sensory inputs on the basis of temporal patterning alone (for instance, different Morse code symbols) and as effortlessly produce motor outputs with widely differing temporal ...

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 ...

A well-trained athlete sprinting 100 yards performs a highly stereotyped, repetitive motor pattern. Neuroscientists understand that these rhythmic motor programs, such as walking, swimming and running ...

An international team of researchers has found it likely that bipedal dinosaurs swung their tails as they walked and ran to maintain their balance. In their paper published in the journal Science ...

For me, one of the most intriguing questions about music is the extent to which different aspects of human musicality are in-born as opposed to learned. Does the language you grew up speaking, and the ...

Traditional nursery rhymes are timeless songs passed down through generations, often with simple, rhythmic patterns. They are used to teach children language, rhythm, and basic concepts. Many nursery ...