A little-known American lawsuit could end up reshaping popular music. A US federal court is preparing to rule on a landmark copyright dispute. At its centre is an interesting question: can a short ...

Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties are seen across languages with different ...

Music may help babies learn language better, in part by helping them learn to detect important rhythms, researchers reported Monday. The study adds another twist to efforts to decipher why music seems ...

Scientists have developed an app to understand why some rhythms are more difficult to perform than others. Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have developed an app to understand why some ...

Newborn brains respond strongly to rhythm changes in music, suggesting that timing expectations develop earlier than melody perception.