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Music and traffic noise make our imagination more vivid

Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam with music blasting through the radio, and found your mind drifting off in a daydream? There might be a reason. A new study from Murdoch University, in collaboration with The Sydney Music, Mind, and Body Lab, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at The Univ...

Music and traffic noise make our imagination more vivid
Image: Phys.org
Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam with music blasting through the radio, and found your mind drifting off in a daydream? There might be a reason. A new study from Murdoch University, in collaboration with The Sydney Music, Mind, and Body Lab, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at The University of Sydney, has found that both music and traffic noise can make people's imagination more vivid.

Originally published at Phys.org

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