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Name that tune
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- Tuesday, 18 February 2020
The human brain can recognize a familiar song within 100 to 300 milliseconds, highlighting the deep hold favorite tunes have on our memory.
Connaissez-vous la « paralysie musicale » ?
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- Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Vous faites toujours tourner la même playlist chez vous ou sur votre smartphone ? Oui ! Vous êtes tout simplement atteintes de « paralysie musicale ».
Music takes 13 minutes to ‘release sadness’ and 9 to make you happy
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- Tuesday, 04 February 2020
The fascinating new research proves that music heals and suggests that in future, music could be prescribed to help us focus, feel happier, relax and overcome sadness.
Computer Algorithm Can Identify Unique Dancing Characteristics
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- Tuesday, 04 February 2020
Researchers at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have been using motion capture technology to study people and dancing over the last few years. It is being used as a way to better understand the connection between music and individuals.
Spotify wants your pet to listen to music too
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- Tuesday, 04 February 2020
Spotify is rolling out a playlist generator for your dogs, cats, hamsters, birds and iguanas.
‘Deaf’ genius Beethoven was able to hear his final symphony after all
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- Tuesday, 04 February 2020
Musicologist uncovers evidence that, contrary to established belief, the great composer retained some hearing in his final years.
Se réveiller en musique améliorerait notre niveau de vigilance
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- Tuesday, 04 February 2020
Le choix de la sonnerie du réveil pourrait influencer notre niveau de vigilance de manière plus ou moins négative selon le type de son sélectionné, suggère une nouvelle étude australienne publiée fin janvier.
Music could promote brain development in preterm babies
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- Tuesday, 21 January 2020
An international research team has shown, for the first time, that music therapy applied to preterm infants can influence the structural maturation of their auditory and emotional brain areas.
Against Chill: Apathetic Music to Make Spreadsheets To
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- Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Although I recognize the utility of listening to non-distracting study music, I nonetheless find it disheartening to see art being reconfigured, over and over again, as a tool for productivity—and then, when the work is finally done, as a tool for coming down from the work.
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