A comprehensive study spearheaded by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics provides evidence that people tend to show a predisposition towards rhythms formed by simple integer ratios regardless of cultural background. Despite these universal tendencies, the study revealed significant variations in rhythm preferences across different societies, illuminating the nuanced factors that shape musical cognition. The findings were published in Nature Human Behaviour. The pursuit of this research stems from a curiosity about the…