This interactive website allows you to explore how our brains process rhythmic information differently through visual and auditory senses. Inspired by Dr. Aniruddh Patel's research in Music and the Brain, these experiments demonstrate modality bias in beat perception - the phenomenon where humans typically process rhythmic information more accurately through auditory pathways than visual ones.
To learn more about beat perception, refer to the episode "Perceiving and Moving to a Rhythmic Beat" in Music and the Brain!
Try both the visual and auditory tests to discover your own perceptual strengths and compare your performance across different senses!
Watch the circle blink in the rhythm pattern: quarter note, eighth note, eighth note, quarter note, quarter note. Hit the space bar or click the button to tap along!
Listen to the rhythm pattern: quarter note, eighth note, eighth note, quarter note, quarter note. Hit the space bar or click the button to tap along!