Research shows rodents bob their heads in time to classical music, suggesting the ability may be more common than once thought
A rat listens to a clip of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major as it is played through a speaker. VIDEO: ITO ET AL/BIO-INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS LAB/THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOWhen a good song comes on, people can’t help but move with the music, nodding their heads or tapping their feet in time with the rhythm.
wsj humans are the least intelligent species in nature. They go against nature and common sense on all levels
Certainly better dancers than me!
I dont think humans are special at all.
The study is misleading in that its is likely just a startling response. A control condition with a jittered version of the musical stimuli would be able to show whether its either just the sound or actually the timing (the beat) that causes jerks.
That was very cool!
Was that really why you thought humans were special?
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Humans are special because we can imagine things that do not exist. We developed this ability around 70,000 years ago in what harari_yuval calls the Cognitive Revolution in his book Sapiens. We create myths to coordinate with people we don't know 👇
Even sings and wins some grammies