The 1990 study that a graduate student Elizabeth Newton did. May we get reenact pieces of it for ourselves or for listeners. The tappers think that the other side is going to get it. Most of the time, and the other side gets it basically none of the time. It's pretty straightforward when you're tapping out the song,. You don't just hear the tapping when they're tapping out jingle bells, you hear the bells ringing andYou hear the melody. And I have the actual numbers in the piece but basically the tapper thinks that the other person is going to know which song you're tapping.
Psychologist and writer Adam Mastroianni says our minds are like the keep of a castle protecting our deepest held values and beliefs from even the most skilled attacks. The only problem with this design for self-preservation is that it also can keep out wisdom that might be both useful and true. Mastroianni's summary of the problem is "you can't reach the brain through the ears." Listen as Mastroianni talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the implication of this view of mind for teaching, learning, and our daily interactions with the people around us.