by Melanie Davis-McAfee interrestingfacts.com Most of us are familiar with common color-themed turns of phrase, such as “feeling blue” when we’re sad, “seeing red” when we’re angry, or “being green” with envy. Phrases such as these can be traced back to a scientifically substantiated phenomenon known as color psychology, a practice that has …
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Device Helps Blind Musicians Communicate
by Katie Geleff CBC Radio A PhD student in Ottawa has developed a device that allows blind and low-vision students to feel music cues, replacing the need to see them. Instead of having to follow a conductor’s baton, or a teacher’s hand gestures during a lesson, music learners can receive instruction through a …
Get Off My Lawn And Give Me The Old Songs!
by Kevin Burton Look out kids, there may be science behind my old-man curmudgeonality. It seems newer songs are really not like the songs of old. Furthermore, technology is partially to blame. I’m having a good day! “If you feel curmudgeonly for thinking ‘They don’t make hits like they used …
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