Humans and animals love the same sounds…
6/5/202654 min
150 years ago, Charles Darwin noticed that birds and humans were both drawn to bright plumage and elaborate display. He called this interspecies esthetic appreciation a “shared taste for the beautiful.” Now, in a recent study, an interdisciplinary team of scientists built an online game exploring the mating calls of 16 different species and discovered, to their surprise, that humans and animals agree on which sounds are more attractive.
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Bob McDonald· Host0:58
[upbeat music] Hi, I'm Bob McDonald. Welcome to Quirks & Quarks. On this week's show, our brains can, in fact, learn to multitask.
Max Riesenhuber· Guest1:11
The new thing in our study is that we show, no, actually your brain can offload things that now you can do one thing with the front of your brain while another part of your brain does something else.
Bob McDonald· Host1:21
And humans and animals agree on which animal sounds are most attractive.
Max Riesenhuber· Guest1:26
But when you look at the specific sounds where the animals really