Friday, April 5, 2013

Sea Lion Bops to the Beat, Challenging Popular Rhythm Theory

Peter Cook, a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his colleagues trained Ronan to bob her head to the beat of simple rhythm tracks, and once she mastered the skill, she was able to keep time with new songs with different tempos. “Human musical ability may in fact have foundations that are shared with animals,” Cook said. “People have assumed that animals lack these abilities. In some cases, people just hadn’t looked.”

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/04/01/sea-lion-bops-to-the-beat-challenging-popular-rhythm-theory/ 

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