Are you performing in your right mind (Wilson, 1993)? The two hemispheres of our brain have very disparate functions. The left hemisphere of our brain is very cognitive. It controls our speech, ...

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Concepts of 'consonance' and 'dissonance' in Western music are based on frequency relationships between simultaneous tones. Periodically vibrating sources such as the human vocal cords give rise to ...

The notes used in Western music—or, more accurately, the relationships between the notes used in Western music—have a strange power. Bobby McFerrin demonstrated this dramatically by showing that an ...