2012 July

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Pretty Womans’ social faux-pas and using music to elicit better recall

If you’ve ever seen Pretty Woman with the gorgeous Julia Roberts, you will remember that moment when Richard Gere takes her to the opera. She is so overcome with emotion listening to the opera that she cries and then, after a standing ovation, proceeds to tell the elderly lady “It was so good I almost [...]

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In the words of Rihanna, please don’t stop the music

Rihanna is on to something. But she doesn’t realise it’s surveys. If only she knew. I’m not too sure if there’s any organization out there which specializes in the psychology of music with research generally and/or in online surveys but if not, then I definitely will. Music is synonymous with emotions and music has been [...]