This is Your Brain on Drumming
The neuroscience behind the beat
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5 min readSep 25, 2019
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The first sound everyone on Earth heard was the sound of our mother’s heartbeat. Our relationship with rhythm began in the womb. As human beings, we are intrinsically rhythmic, and this rhythm is a potent source of well-being.
The ritual use of rhythmically beating a drum is one of the oldest practices of humankind. The beat of the…