When the beat goes off: Errors in rhythm follow pattern, physicists find
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 09:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Rhythm pulses inside the brain of a Ghanaian drummer, sitting in a physics laboratory in Gottingen, Germany. His hands caress the skin of a bongo drum, guided by the metronomes tick through his headphones. He plays for five minutes, filling the sterile lab environment with staccato sounds, as a team of physicists records him, searching for a pattern.