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·April 30, 2025·5 min read

Dance and Lullabies May Not Be Human Universals After All

New research challenges the long-held belief that dance and lullabies are universal to human culture. Drawing on over four decades of ethnographic work among the Northern Aché people in Paraguay, researchers found no evidence of group dancing or infant-directed singing.

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·April 15, 2025·4 min read

Bouncing to Bond: How the Brain Syncs During Social Dance

New research reveals how our brains coordinate with others during dancing, highlighting the importance of shared rhythm and visual contact. When dancers moved to the same song and could see each other, unique neural signals emerged to support social coordination.

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·April 29, 2024·4 min read

New VR Technique Enhances Dance Learning

Researchers developed a groundbreaking virtual reality technique called WAVE to enhance the learning of dance choreography. The technique uses a wave-like visualization of model dancers, enabling learners to anticipate and execute dance moves without prior rehearsal.

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·August 25, 2023·3 min read

Dance Beyond Disease: Parkinson’s Patients Find Identity Through Performance

Dancing offers Parkinson’s patients more than physical rehabilitation; it provides a transformative avenue for personal identity and self-expression. Researchers discovered that participating in a dance company can profoundly influence the disease-related identity negotiation in individuals with Parkinson’s.

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·June 13, 2023·4 min read

Expressing Emotions through Dance: An Innovative Video Library

Researchers developed a video library showcasing a range of emotional expressions through full-body dance movements. The library contains 150 clips, each portraying a professional dancer emoting joy, anger, fear, sadness, or a neutral state through different sequences of movements.

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·November 7, 2022·4 min read

Want to Fire up the Dance Floor? Play Low-Frequency Bass

People dance 11.8% more when very low-frequency bass is present in music, a new study reports.

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·September 19, 2022·3 min read

Genetic Link to Moving to the Beat of Music

Researchers have discovered 69 genetic variants associated with musical beat synchronization, or the ability to move in sync with the beat of music.

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·June 10, 2022·6 min read

Latin Dance May Be a Step Toward Better Working Memory for Older Latinos

Latinos aged 55 and older who participated in Latin dance classes for eight months showed significant improvement in working memory over their peers who did not partake in Latin dance.

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·November 9, 2021·4 min read

Are Some Brains Wired for Dance?

Numerous studies have found dancing can help promote improved mental health and overall wellbeing, regardless of a person's age. Researchers explore why some people are "born to dance".

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·January 17, 2020·3 min read

The way you dance is unique, and computers can tell it’s you

While machine learning technology is not too accurate at distinguishing between dance styles, when it comes to recognizing the personal style of dancers, it is 97% effective at determining who is who.

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·November 26, 2019·3 min read

The human brain is prepared to follow the rhythm of a song or of a dance

Regardless of musical training, a person's brain synchronizes with the rhythm of music, but musicians' brain responses are much stronger and more resistant to distraction.