Speakers of different languages perceive rhythm differently

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Do the sounds of our native languages affect how we hear music and other non-language sounds? A team of American and Japanese researchers has found evidence that native languages influence the way people group non-language sounds into rhythms.

Link: http://www.physorg.com/news84109071.html

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quote=mark_15;201355][B]Do the sounds of our native languages affect how we hear music and other non-language sounds? A team of American and Japanese researchers has found evidence that native languages influence the way people group non-language sounds into rhythms.

it really does play a convincing role, I've observed it here with the multi-cultural environment I evolve with