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Mar. 19, 2010
Tiny Dancers Show Rhythm's Roots
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In perhaps the cutest study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, psychologist Marcel Zentner and Tuomas Eerola found that babies will spontaneously boogie when they hear music and other rhythmic sounds. The findings suggest babies are not great dancers, but they smile more when they do hit the beat.
Originally published on ScienceFriday.com on March 19, 2010.
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