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07 Feb 14:05

Por que você nunca deve ouvir a “Cavalgada das Valquírias” enquanto dirige

by Jordan Kushins

O tempo e a sensação do tempo são duas coisas bem diferentes. Fazer algo freneticamente em cinco minutos, a fim de não perder o prazo, não é o mesmo que esperar desesperadamente que uma ligação de cinco minutos acabe. A música também causa um efeito semelhante no cérebro, afetando como processamos os eventos da nossa vida.

O compositor musical Jonathan Berger explica na revista Nautilus como as músicas podem “sequestrar a nossa percepção”.

Nossos cérebros e corpos percebem o tempo em um ritmo completamente diferente de um relógio; é aquilo que Berger descreve como “metrônomo fisiológico”:

Em termos gerais, o cérebro processa o tempo de duas formas: 1) fazendo uma estimativa explícita para a duração de determinado estímulo – talvez um som ou imagem efêmera; e 2) envolvendo o período de tempo implícito entre estímulos. Esses processos envolvem a memória e a atenção, que moldam a percepção do tempo, e dependem se estamos ocupados ou estimulados. Por isso, o tempo parece “voar” quando estamos ocupados, ou “para” quando esperamos a água na chaleira ferver.

Mas a música cria um mundo temporal paralelo, onde é fácil nos perder. Berger menciona como a neurociência ajuda a entender isto:

Durante os períodos de intenso engajamento perceptual, como ser arrebatado pela música, a atividade no córtex pré-frontal – que geralmente se concentra em introspecção – se encerra. O córtex sensorial torna-se a principal área de processamento, e o córtex da autorreflexão basicamente desliga.

Isto é, quando ficamos engajados com a música, a área introspectiva do cérebro se desliga, o que nos deixa zen. Isso já é conhecido por marqueteiros: por exemplo, as pessoas passam mais tempo fazendo compras, ou bebendo mais no bar, se a trilha sonora de fundo for lenta.

O mesmo também vale para os motoristas. Por isso, se você dirige, nunca toque Richard Wagner no carro. Parece que a Cavalgada das Valquírias é a coisa mais perigosa para se ouvir na estrada, e “a prova mais clara de sequestro musical”:

… o Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring considera a Cavalgada das Valquírias, de Wagner, a música mais perigosa para ouvir enquanto se está dirigindo. Não é tanto a distração, e sim o ritmo frenético da música que altera a sensação normal de velocidade dos motoristas… e faz com que eles acelerem.

Ou seja, a intensidade da música – mais do que seu ritmo, na verdade – faz você acelerar o carro para acompanhá-la.

Mas se você ouvir outra música, provavelmente ela terá uns 4 min de duração, certo? É que a tecnologia influenciou há tempos nossa tolerância geral à duração de músicas.

Quando Thomas Edison começou a gravar em cilindros cobertas de papel alumínio em 1877, eles armazenavam cerca de quatro minutos de áudio. Ao longo do tempo, isso moldou a nossa capacidade de atenção. Até hoje, músicas populares ainda têm essa duração.

Berger também discute em detalhes como o compositor Franz Schubert consegue manipular o tempo subjetivo através da música. Confira a análise aqui: [Nautilus]








07 Feb 12:43

graveunearthyou: shiphassailed: tigerpellets: I NEVER KNEW THIS I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS WHAT...

graveunearthyou:

shiphassailed:

tigerpellets:

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I NEVER KNEW THIS

I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS WHAT AMERICANS MEANT WHEN THEY SAID “QUITE” 

WHY DIDN’T ANYBODY TELL ME

SUDDENLY THAT ONE SONG THAT GOES “HELLO I MISS YOU QUITE TERRIBLY” MAKES LIKE A MILLION TIMES MORE SENSE

are you serious british people

i feel like this means i’ve been overestimating your enthusiasm about things for my entire life

Quite

07 Feb 12:43

lynch-mobs: I am letting my hair grow



lynch-mobs:

I am letting my hair grow

07 Feb 12:43

molleficent: quick fixes for a shitty day - brush your teeth - exfoliate - sort out your eyebrows...

molleficent:

quick fixes for a shitty day
- brush your teeth
- exfoliate
- sort out your eyebrows
- do your laundry
- change your sheets
- hug a fluffy thing
- eat a snack
- reach out to someone even if it’s just a text
- get naked and dance a lil

04 Feb 14:37

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Luiz H.

Nem sei da cara, mas desejo pra mim. Tá tão bonita...



04 Feb 13:39

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04 Feb 11:43

apocalypse-aradia: glorious-randomness: anderlynn: I always think of Canada as the lovechild of...

apocalypse-aradia:

glorious-randomness:

anderlynn:

I always think of Canada as the lovechild of England and France after they had a drunken one night stand and England just left it to grow up with its big brother America who was like the rebel of the family.

this is 100% definitely what happened.

and canada wanted to be exactly like america but ended up being the nicer one who makes friends with everyone easily

04 Feb 11:43

royeah: Drava(tmarcijus)



royeah:

Drava
(tmarcijus)

04 Feb 11:43

but pineapple always helps :D



but pineapple always helps :D

04 Feb 11:41

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04 Feb 11:40

Off to a busy day



Off to a busy day

04 Feb 11:40

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04 Feb 11:40

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02 Feb 00:34

kuntsnuggles: faith666lehane: Hey everybody I’m FINALLY...



















kuntsnuggles:

faith666lehane:

Hey everybody I’m FINALLY selling my handmade dresses featured in this spread to help fund my move to LA next month! 

You can find the listings here: 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/5iveby5ive?ref=si_shop

: * thank u!

Clothes envy

That black one tho :Q

01 Feb 15:12

mspaintadventuring: tranimation: Patients of surgeon Harold...













mspaintadventuring:

tranimation:

Patients of surgeon Harold Gillies during WWI and WWII

Okay, these photographs pissed me off a bit, because they don’t show off how much of a genius Dr. Harold Gillies, the father of modern plastic surgery, was.  Rhinoplasty, skin grafts, and facial reconstructions have been practised for centuries.  However, it was this New Zealander surgeon who standardized these techniques and established the discipline of “plastic surgery.”

The introduction of more destructive weapons of WWI and WWII resulted in devastating injuries. In addition, in trench warfare, the head was more exposed than the rest of the body, and soldiers’ faces were often shattered or burnt beyond recognition. Despite the best efforts of surgeons, many soldiers were left hideously disfigured. Traditionally, the edges of facial wounds were simply stitched together, but when scar tissue contracted faces were left twisted and disfigured, so a new type of surgery was needed.

Gillies rebuilt faces using tissue from elsewhere in the body. Antibiotics had not yet been invented, meaning it was very hard to graft tissue from one part of the body to another because infection often developed, so Gillies invented the tubed pedicle,” where he used a flap of skin from the chest or forehead and “swung” it into place over the face. The flap remained attached but was stitched into a tube. This kept the original blood supply intact and dramatically reduced the infection rate.  After many surgical construction, grafting, and healing, which could take months to years, the tentacle-like tubing would be removed, and (volia!) a new face!

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He was also the first to do sex reassignment surgery from female to male in 1946, then male to female using a flap technique in 1951, which became the standard for 40 years.

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tl;dr, these were his patients BEFORE the surgery. He didn’t DISFIGURE these people he HELPED them.

01 Feb 15:10

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01 Feb 15:09

hiya



hiya

01 Feb 13:06

Lawyers and attorneys are different; lawyers study law whereas...

Luiz H.

Because boobs.



Lawyers and attorneys are different; lawyers study law whereas attorneys practice it.

source

01 Feb 13:05

starlingsparrow: do you ever meet someone who’s like the human version of unnecessary comments on a...

starlingsparrow:

do you ever meet someone who’s like the human version of unnecessary comments on a text post

01 Feb 13:05

kellyannechaos: murderousbreakdowns: OH MY FREAKING GOSH. "A...



kellyannechaos:

murderousbreakdowns:

OH MY FREAKING GOSH.

"A tender cat that had just given birth gave her owners a bit of a shock when she was found to not only to be nursing her kittens, but a squirrel too.

According to her owner the adult cat had only given birth one day before she brought in the ‘shivering and breathing squirrel’ which had ‘no signs of a mother.’
‘We took him inside and called the vet. He said that if our cat had just given birth, there’s a very high chance she would care for the squirrel without a second thought. And that is exactly what she did,’ she explained.

The Good Samaritan cat didn’t stop there, however, as she went out two days later she came back with another abandoned baby squirrel.
Alongside her kittens she placed the second new adopted baby with the first.

The litter reportedly all sleep together in their home and the squirrels are being carefully watched by the human caretakers.”

Waiting for the day when all human kind has this kind of compassion.
01 Feb 13:05

the first teenagers of the 00s are coming soon

the first teenagers of the 00s are coming soon

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01 Feb 13:05

Change is good :3



Change is good :3

01 Feb 13:05

imagine-dragonlords: thewayweride: If you’re lesbian and you fall for a guyFINEIf you’re gay and...

imagine-dragonlords:

thewayweride:

If you’re lesbian and you fall for a guy
FINE
If you’re gay and you fall for a woman
FINE
If you’re bisexual and you have a preference for girls
FINE
If you’re bisexual and you have a preference for guys
FINE
If you’re pansexual and have a preference
FINE
What’s not fine is telling someone they can’t love another person because it doesn’t fit into the confinements of a label. 

T H I S

If you’re asexual and get attracted to someone somehow. 

FINE. 

01 Feb 13:04

iinanna: oh, it’s RoYeah :) http://royeah.tumblr.com/ Oh it is...



iinanna:

oh, it’s RoYeah :) http://royeah.tumblr.com/

Oh it is :D

31 Jan 14:11

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31 Jan 01:48

collegehumor: This Sums Up the Current Situation With Justin...



collegehumor:

This Sums Up the Current Situation With Justin Bieber

31 Jan 00:34

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31 Jan 00:27

katyissuperawesome: thekatie-bird: wouldn’t it be funny if in like fifty years someone made a...

katyissuperawesome:

thekatie-bird:

wouldn’t it be funny if in like fifty years someone made a movie about leonardo dicaprio and the actor that played him won an oscar

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29 Jan 19:41

fucknobadtattoos: found on craigslist titled ”Need tattoo...



fucknobadtattoos:

found on craigslist titled ”Need tattoo fixed, found God”

Submitted by Pluviophile

29 Jan 19:41

fucknobadtattoos: my friends new elbow poppy, looks like a...



fucknobadtattoos:

my friends new elbow poppy, looks like a butthole to me…