A researcher explores the psychology of repetition in music, across time, style and cultures. In On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind, Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis of the University of Arkansas explores ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Repetition happens a lot in music. Really, a lot lot lot. A theme is repeated, whole sections are ...

New research shows that listeners perceive repeated environmental sounds as music. Water dripping. A shovel scraping across rock. These sounds don't seem very musical. Yet new research at the ...

In listening, thinking, and writing about music over the past eight years, I've never been able to figure out precisely what role repetition plays in the sounds I enjoy. Occasionally, I'm tempted to ...

Intuitively, it may seem that singing is a completely different type of experience than speaking. Singing is melodic, rhythmic, and manifests in artistic expression; speech, in contrast, is more ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. Intuitively, it may seem ...

Ever noticed how the same beat can hit differently each time you hear it? That’s the magic of repetition. It's not just doing something repeatedly; it’s turning it into something new. Whether it's a ...

Time now for your letters. On Wednesday we explored the difference between Ukraine and the Ukraine. The Ukraine is a common construction. In our story we noted the nation's constitution clearly names ...