Tapping your fingers to a rhythm before you enter a noisy room might seem like a strange ritual. But recent research reveals this simple act can significantly improve your ability to understand speech ...

Tapping your fingers to a beat before listening in noisy environments makes it easier to understand people, finds a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...

For some reason, rhythms I produce by nervously tapping my fingers do not translate well to musical instruments. However, this “Jam” concept could help fidgety individuals like myself become musical ...