Rhythm is a critical factor in human music. Do other species understand and appreciate rhythm? Why do humans enjoy and process rhythm effectively from birth onwards? Here we tackle these questions with cross-species studies.
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Jason Yee, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Dan Bowling, Stanford University, USA
We humans attend to regularity (evenly spaced beats) and also repetition in rhythmic sounds. It turns out that female budgerigars also enjoy listening to rhythmic sounds. Image in: Hoeschele, M., & Bowling, D. L. (2016). Sex differences in rhythmic preferences in the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): A comparative study with humans. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(1543), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01543
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