25 Facts about the Science of Music

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What song is the catchiest of all? What causes us to get “chills” when we hear certain kinds of music? If intelligence is correlated with rhythm, does that means drummers are smarter than the average person? Find out as John Green gives us the latest research results in this latest episode of the mental_floss List Show. There are a surprisingly number of benefits of listening to pleasant music (although “pleasant” is quite subjective). All the more reason to crank it up!


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