It seems like the human brain automatically sorts noises into patterns across 4 beats… But is this instead a cultural thing (nature vs. nurture)? For both answers: how and why did it develop in that way?
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Perhaps [this article] (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00366/full) provides the answer you seek.
Beats differ across culture. And people respond differently to different beats based on their background.
However, musical notation originates from classical music, which uses the western 4 beat notation. As such, 3 beat, 2 beat and other forms are often notated as a different version of 4 beats: [link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_(music))
There does seem a preference for 2 beat music over 3 beat music. [link] (https://www.livescience.com/51397-people-dance-to-same-beat-worldwide.html)
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