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listening in the dark?

Is listening in the dark better?

Scientific research shows that people in the dark can hear significantly better. Senses always ‘fight’ for the brain’s attention. By removing vision, the ears are given more processing power, as it were, to digest sound. As a result you hear more details, you experience a greater sense of space and a greater sense of 3D. A scientific study says: “Closing the eyes affects the style of attending to auditory stimuli by modifying the perceptual relationship with the environment without changing the stimulus itself.”

What do you do?
buconero117
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
I do not worry about it. i have listened to music for enjoyment for 45 years. That is every day, at least part of the day. My mind is really rewired to listen to music.
It is like the music part is really wired in. the rest just runs around the outskirts...
So dark, light, whatever, the music is center stage in there full time.
Thinking is peripheral.
moonguy
143 posts
 

I enjoy listening to music in a darkened room as well. I keep the lights dimmed low and have all the displays on my MOON gear off at all times, less distraction and more connection to the musical event
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viridian
4,184 posts
 
What do I do? Well, I try to avoid "scientific research" telling me what to do. Scientific research once showed that the world was flat and that witches should be burned at the stake.

But I like listening in the dark so that I don't have to catch my big gut out of the corner of my eye, or have my attention drawn to the paintings in my listening room. On the other hand, I sometimes have trouble finding my martini. Then again "scientific research" has found that alcohol dulls the senses, so there you go again.
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ghosthouse
3,718 posts
 
If I could stay awake, I'd listen in the dark and enjoy the glow of tubes. As it is, conscious listening sessions tend to last longer with lights on.
metralla
945 posts
 
What about this gizmo that made a bit of press recently?

http://mymusicmask.com/

Regards,
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