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Europeans Under Lockdown Are Singing Together
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020
As Europe implements quarantine measures in hopes of slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus, Europeans on lockdown have begun using their open windows for public displays of solidarity, ranging from rounds of applause for the medical workers on the front lines of the crisis to impromptu opera performances.
Important Australian study determines that sharks love jazz
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020
What kind of music did you think sharks like? If you guessed hip hop, techno, or classical, you’d be wrong. The next question might also be ‘why do you know this?’.
La musique, une voie vers la conscience des patients en état végétatif?
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020
L’objectif est de trouver des biomarqueurs qui permettent de mieux appréhender l’état des patients et leur degré de conscience afin d’améliorer leur prise en charge.
18-Year-Old Blind Pianist Prodigy Getting Studied by Scientists for His 'Remarkable' Talents
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- Tuesday, 03 March 2020
A blind jazz piano prodigy is taking the world by storm — so much so that scientists are studying his brain to figure out how he’s able to master those talents.
Troubled minds soothed by sound of music
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- Tuesday, 03 March 2020
Amid the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, soothing music and voices are bringing comfort to those in Hubei province cities where lockdowns have been imposed.
The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago
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- Tuesday, 03 March 2020
Two scholars at Stanford have joined forces to recreate what a Christian choir might have sounded like inside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia before it became a mosque in the 1400s.
Coronavirus : quand la Chine invente le clubbing de chambre
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- Tuesday, 03 March 2020
Contraints de rester enfermés chez eux à cause de l’épidémie de coronavirus, certains fans et groupes de musique chinois organisent des sessions en direct sur les réseaux sociaux. Une manière de pallier l’absence totale de concerts dans le pays depuis fin janvier et de recréer au passage (un peu) de lien social.
Why are pop songs getting sadder than they used to be?
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- Tuesday, 18 February 2020
A straightforward way to measure the emotional content of a text is just to count how many emotion words are present.
Listening To Classical Music Makes Us More Generous
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- Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Economic games are often used by psychologists to study questions regarding human decision-making.
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