Feb 27, 2024 09:34 PM
Do all humans feel music the same way?
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/humans-f...-the-same/
KEY POINTS: There's copious scientific evidence showing that humans literally feel music, but are the sensations universal? Scientists recently presented nearly 2,000 participants from the United Kingdom, the United States, and China with a dozen excerpts from different songs and asked them to describe where they felt the music in their bodies. The researchers found that both Western and Chinese participants physically responded to the songs in nearly identical fashions.
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/humans-f...-the-same/
KEY POINTS: There's copious scientific evidence showing that humans literally feel music, but are the sensations universal? Scientists recently presented nearly 2,000 participants from the United Kingdom, the United States, and China with a dozen excerpts from different songs and asked them to describe where they felt the music in their bodies. The researchers found that both Western and Chinese participants physically responded to the songs in nearly identical fashions.