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From: Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: Tonal Songs and glossalalia
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> I once knew someone who claimed that she could only study to music ---
but
>music you could sing to
>or at least hum the melody to. Then, while sitting at the exam, all she had
to
>do was sing or hum (quietly)
>the music and she had total recall of everything she learned!
>
I read about a study four or five years ago that claimed that something
learned while music was playing was significantly easier to recall when the
same music was played again. I think I saw it in Science News, or some
other popular publication of the sort.
--Gary.