/oss/taxonomy/term/1588/all en /oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/mozarts-music-doesnt-make-baby-geniuses <p>There is an alchemy to science. Sometimes, when the conditions are just right, the results of tiny, preliminary studies are transformed into truisms that spread the world over. For example, everyone knows that you’re either left-brained or right-brained… except that <a href="/oss/article/health/learning-stop-teaching-learning-myths">that is false</a>. What is true is that some brain functions tend to involve one half of the brain more than the other, but the idea that scientists are left-brained while artists are right-brained is nonsense. Yet, the belief endures.</p> Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:53:21 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9857 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know/you-cant-hear-music-it-could-still-make-you-dance <p>Provided by bass instruments, the low-frequency parts of music tend to contribute the beat we actually dance to. Songs with lower-frequency baselines tend to have higher perceived "groove" ratings, but what if the frequency is so low that it falls outside humans' audible range?</p> Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean M.Sc. 9376 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-general-science/what-bone-conduction <p>There are some <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zungle/zungle-wear-the-beats">cool products</a> on the market right now that <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vue/vue-your-everyday-smart-glasses">claim to conduct sound through the bones</a> in your face or head, allowing the wearer to hear music or phone calls, but not allowing others to listen, all while keeping the ears free to hear their surroundings. Sounds cool and futuristic right?</p> Wed, 31 May 2017 21:38:56 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 2519 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-health-quirky-science/music-can-charm-beasts-and-plants-higher-productivity <div> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> </div> Sun, 06 Apr 2014 02:34:34 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2124 at /oss /oss/article/health-history/science-behind-spoonful-sugar <p><em>Mary Poppins</em>, starring Julie Andrews, was a big hit for Disney studios in 1964. The film was a musicalized version of the children’s books about a magical English nanny written between 1934 and 1988 by P.L. Travers. The movie featured a number of songs written by Robert and Richard Sherman including the catchy tune sung by Andrews with the line, “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.”</p> Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:45:37 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1407 at /oss