Good Rhythm And Intelligence
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 12:55 am.
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Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University of Sweden, demonstrated a correlation between general intelligence and the ability to tap out a simple regular rhythm. But the task subjects performed had nothing to do with any musical rhythmic sense but simply measured the capacity for rhythmic accuracy. The study also revealed a correlation between high intelligence, a good ability to keep time, and a high volume of white matter in the parts of the brain’s frontal lobes involved in problem solving, planning and managing time.
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