When it comes to anticipating how a song will progress, the human brain considers the rhythm and beats that came before.
Learning a new language can affect musical processing in children, researchers report. Findings support the theory that musical and linguistic functions are closely linked in the developing brain.
When people listen to music, the neural tracking of the frontal lobe lags behind the temporal lobe, but during music recall, the frontal lobe precedes that of the temporal lobe. The findings demonstrate bottom-up and top-down processes in the cerebral cortex during music listening and recall. The study provides important insights into how the human brain processes music.
Researchers reveal the right homologue of the Broca's area plays a major role in the processing of music.
The brain organized sound by pitch, a new study reports.
