A team of MIT neuroscientists has found that when it comes to perceiving music, people are biased toward hearing and producing rhythms composed of simple integer ratios. This holds true for musicians and nonmusicians as well as members of a Bolivian tribe who have little exposure to Western music.

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A team of MIT neuroscientists has found that when it comes to perceiving music, people are biased toward hearing and producing rhythms composed of simple integer ratios. This holds true for musicians and nonmusicians as well as members of a Bolivian tribe who have little exposure to Western music.