: Michael Kröger wrote in message <377B11F8.E4F68B38 at mch20.sbs.de>...
: >Can anybody tell my which part(s) of the brain are involved in making
: >rythem (handclapping, footstamping ...)? From which part do we control
Jeffrey P. Utz, M.D. (utzj at auhs.edu) replied:
: Many parts of the brain are involved in rhythms, including the cerebellum,
: inferior olive, motor cortex and basal ganglia. I would think that the
But I think he was talking about slow rythms, like that of handclapping
(which is at around 1Hz). It's the kind of rythm where you need neurons to
keep track of time over periods of 1 sec, and quite frankly, I don't think
any one knows anything about which part of the brain can keep track of such
long intervals.
Didier
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