Hearing Test!

Let's try an experiment, shall we? Make sure you follow the directions:

Step one: listen to this sound file.

NOW! Put on headphones! Don't go on without headphones! Make sure they're on the right ear!

Listen to the sound files below. Which one do you think matches the sound file above? Choose only one!

One dummy
Two right
Three dummy
Four

If you're right handed, you likely said number two was correct. This is a miniaturized version of an experiment done to prove that the right hemisphere of the brain processes music. Once your brain processes sound, it separates music out and processes it seperatley in the right hemisphere. The second sound example sends the melody to only your left ear (you were wearing head phones, right?). You might remember that your right brain handles everything that goes on on the left side, so that made the melody more likely to get to the correct processing area.

If you're left handed, I actually don't know which one you thought was correct! I stuck number four in there as a correct version that plays in your right ear. You might have said that? Let me know in the comments.

If you picked one or three, sorry, but they don't resemble the original melody. There's three wrong notes.