How do you decide when to start clapping after a virtuoso performance? And when do you stop? New research finds the answer lies in what other people around you are doing. The louder the applause — ...

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...

Sure Alexa can sing you a song but can you clap back at her? A new product by the makers of the Freewrite lets you do just that. Called Clapboss, this smiling dongle lets you clap up to four times to ...

"BIG CLAPPER" Robot Cheers Up the World with Applause! Have you ever looked at those terrifying cymbal-clashing monkey toys and thought, boy, I wish someone would take that same sense of unnerving ...

Here’s your chance to perform Reich’s minimalist work like a pro percussionist – if you’ve got an iPhone and the rhythmic chops … Here’s a brilliant – and infuriatingly addictive – way to lose a few ...

The 45 classroom management strategies in From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement run the gamut from ways to get students’ attention to broader strategies for communication between ...

Fifty years ago the American composer perfected minimalism for the mainstream. By Phil Hebblethwaite In 1972, after a concert in Brussels, the American composer Steve Reich and his ensemble heard a ...

Stress is omnipresent. Stress management and taking care of emotional well-being pose significant challenges in one’s life when living in a society where there is hardly any time left for oneself. The ...

Lately, when I turn on a hip-hop station, I feel like I’m being applauded, and I don’t always feel like returning the favor. I’m not referring just to the default use of handclaps (sampled or, more ...