Didier A. Depireux wrote in message <7lg1b3$a0s$1 at hecate.umd.edu>...
>: 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.
>
I agree, but I think it is the same parts. For the slower rhythms, I would
add prefrontal cortex. I think it is much more of a network thing rather
than one area responsible.
Jeff Utz
> Didier
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