A Brain for Rhythm: A legendary rock drummer and a neuroscientist explore the role of rhythm in brain function

by Steve Zangwill, February 28, 2015

This September, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart exposed his brain to a live audience at the annual meeting of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in New Orleans, Louisiana. With an electroencephalography (EEG) device strapped to his head, Hart strutted across the stage, drum in hand, as images of the rhythms pulsing through his brain were projected on big screens at the front of the hall. “It was like taking my brain out of my skull and watching it dance,” he says.

read the full article from the The Scientist at http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33213/title/A-Brain-for-Rhythm/

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