When a fruit fly gets dust on its body, it launches into a precise cleaning routine, sweeping and rubbing its legs in rhythmic strokes that look almost mechanical. Scientists have long assumed that ...

Central Pattern Generators (CPGs) are groups of neurons that produce rhythmic patterned outputs, even when they receive non-rhythmic input. CPGs do not need sensory feedback to generate rhythmic ...

New Australian research shows bumblebees can learn and recognise rhythmic patterns across different tempos and even across senses. Humans are creatures of rhythms. As far as we know, humans have ...

Chewing is usually a thoughtless act, but it is actually quite complicated. It requires cells to eavesdrop on their neighbors in order to coordinate the speed and pattern of the jaw, teeth, tongue.

A Dutch study has found that infants who can detect musical rhythms more accurately also tend to recognize speech patterns better, a key skill for language learning. The research, involving 44 babies ...