Born to the Beat: Newborns Show Innate Understanding of Musical Rhythm

By Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Feb. 6, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Even before they can crawl or speak, infants are ...
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Born to boogie: Babies have innate sense of rhythm, research shows

Getting rhythm, to paraphrase the late Johnny Cash, is not something we learn, but is "part of our biological toolkit."That's according to researchers who played Bach to dozens of babies who appeared ...
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Newborn Babies Come Equipped With A Sense Of Musical Rhythm (But Not Melody)

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

Two-day-old babies show brain signs of rhythm prediction, study finds

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

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 ...
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A “singing” endangered animal reveals the evolutionary origins of music

When Chiara de Gregorio thinks of rhythm, two things come to mind: the mega-hit “We Will Rock You” by the British band Queen and endangered lemurs. The simple, well-timed beats in “We Will Rock You” ...
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Expressing Collective Emotion Through Musical Rhythm

Music is intimately associated with experiences of emotions. Rhythmic entrainment is a possible mechanism of emotion that can be evoked by music. Rhythmic entrainment also binds individuals together ...