Archive for August 2015

The best and worst driving music, according to Israeli research By Suzanne Pollak Israeli Prof. Warren Brodsky studied the way music affected the driving of 85 teenagers. Israeli research has bad news for music lovers: When your favourite song comes on the radio, it may make you a worse driver. Don’t despair, though, certain music…

I have just attended Internoise 2015 in San Francisco. There were over 1000 attendees from many parts of the world and a few Aussies as well. It was great to catch up with colleagues and friends and to attend some very good papers. Building acoustics, as always, attracts attention and there were many papers about impact noise…

We all know that music can affect your mood. But it can also affect your performance. This research just out. Not surprising. When Plastic Surgeons Listen to Their Preferred Music, Their Stitches Are Better and Faster “Our study confirmed that listening to the surgeon’s preferred music improves efficiency and quality of wound closure, which may translate to health…

Have you often wondered why some sounds attract more attention than others? Why do alarm/emergency type sounds attract more of our attention? Here’s Why The Sound Of Screaming Freaks You Out The Huffington Post | By Carolyn Gregoire Of all the terrible sounds in the world, few are worse than that of a screaming baby — especially when…