emotions
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Australian Study: Tone-Deaf People Can’t Hear Emotion In Speech Either
A study by researchers at Macquarie University in Sydney has found that people with congenital amusia — tone deafness — also have a harder time deciphering emotional cues in speech. That’s right; if you don’t get Bach, you probably don’t get your barista.
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Watching Sad Movies Actually Makes You Happier
From bawling your eyes out over Bambi as a kid, to the slow, painful tug of the heart strings that was Beginners, most of us are suckers for a sad film. But a new study suggests that the reason for that might be incredibly simple: It turns out that sad films make us happy.