We tend to think of music as completely cultural—something we learn to love and understand through lullabies, radio hits, and Spotify playlists. But new research suggests that at least one part of our ...

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

In A Nutshell Newborns can predict musical beats within the first two days of life, but show no brain response to melodic patterns 49 sleeping babies listened to Bach piano pieces while scientists ...

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