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Smart like a Metronome?

November 6th, 2008 in Piano News by | 2 comments

Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet and UmeĆ„ University (both in Sweden) have now demonstrated a correlation between general intelligence and the ability to tap out a simple regular rhythm. They stress that the task subjects performed had nothing to do with any musical rhythmic sense but simply measured the capacity for rhythmic accuracy. Those who scored highest on […]

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