Neurological illness can be devastating. One disease that affects the brain is stroke, occurring when the blood supply to the brain in blocked and often resulting in speech, motor or memory impairment ...

Swing dancing and the rhythmic sounds of jazz are once again coming to the heart of downtown Steubenville. Community residents of all ages are invited to attend the upcoming monthly gathering of ...

The extraordinary global reach of jazz was on full display Friday in the performance of the Zawinul Syndicate at Catalina Bar & Grill. Start with the group’s leader, Viennese-born keyboardist Josef ...

Life begins with music. The human body provides the basic musical elements for the soundtrack to fetal development. The rhythmic pulsing of mom’s heartbeat, the rise and fall of her footsteps, the ...

Researchers have demonstrated that two to three day old babies can detect the beat in music. This phenomenon - termed 'beat induction' - is likely to have contributed to music's origin. It enables ...

image: The capacity to perceive rhythm and to produce novel vocalizations are crucial for human speech and music. Do other mammals possess these capacities? Researchers tested rhythm processing in ...