If you've ever danced your way through a hot Zumba class or run a few miles on a treadmill, you've likely asked yourself: Which burns more calories, is it dancing or running? Whle both of them are ...

Dancing fluidly with another involves social coordination. This skill entails aligning movements with others while also processing dynamic sensory information, like sounds and visuals. In a new ...

In the last 10 years, music's status within cognitive neuroscience has moved from being a fringe area to a topic of central interest to neuroscientists. Dance seems poised to be "the next wave" in ...

Aesthetic appreciation of full-body movements is likely shaped by our cumulative bodily experiences, yet most of the extant literature in this domain has focused on expertise and familiarity. We ran ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The emerging field of dance neuroscience is finding that dance, with its multifaceted demands, engages the mind as intensively as the body. A scene from “Epiphany Machine” at ...

People express their emotions through different channels: the face, the voice, and the body. Yet, research on emotion perception still largely focuses on recognizing emotions in the face. An ...

Dance is a perversive human activity. All cultures, all over the world, engage in dancing. Dancing often happens within culturally relevant contexts like social gatherings, festive holiday events, ...

Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin are examining how music can be used as a tool to restore walking movement in patients after a spinal cord injury. Dr. Kajana Satkunendrarajah discovered ...