We all have a rhythm, MIT says, and culture keeps the beat

January 17, 2017

A recent study from MIT found that people who are asked to repeat random series of beats tend to reorganize them according to familiar patterns — even if they don’t know they’re doing it.

The findings, published in the Jan. 5 issue of Current Biology, could pave the way to a better understanding of the how people perceive and retain what they hear.   

(CBMM related work)