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Musical Beats Enhance Visual Comprehension

May 17, 2010
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Came across this study through a post by Tom Jacobs over on Miller-McCune that referenced the original study here. Here’s the Abstract: The present study investigated whether and how a musical rhythm entrains a listener’s visual attention. To this end, participants were presented with pictures of faces and houses and indicated whether picture orientation was [...]

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Why Listening to Music at Work Could Make You Smarter

February 3, 2010
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I was going to be a doctor – just like my dad – but music kept getting in the way.  Whether it was zoning out instead of studying, or skipping school to hang out with Adrian (who had the Yamaha QX1 Sequencer,) the older I got the less interesting academics seemed and the more attractive [...]

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Thea – Aerial Hoop

September 15, 2009
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One more stage to go but this is the correct structure: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download Couldn’t quite nail the performance this morning – will do that tomorrow

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The Effect Of Music Listening On Work Performance

November 14, 2008

When music2work2 was still somewhat in the planning stages, we decided to do some research and see if others felt as we do that “music is good for you.” Andrew’s psychology degree influenced his thinking on this and you can read the write up of his final year dissertation here – Why listening to music [...]

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