To hear the beat, your brain may think about moving to it
A brain region linked to movement is integral to recognizing rhythms
FEELING OFFBEAT Briefly disrupting a brain region involved in planning movement with a magnetic pulse hinders a person’s ability to follow a rhythmic beat. (The black square in this heat map indicates the site of highest pulse stimulation.)
Jessica Ross/UC Merced
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