Rats under Glass

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No, this isn't so silly... Recently I also heard about an experiment (could
it be the same one that Wim's friend mentions?...) in which rodents were
played different kinds of music, microtonal and 12-tET during their attempt
to navigate a Minotaurean maze...

Yes, of course, when Mozart was playing they evidenced outsize
capabilities. And, the "control" group was average, as it should be.

However, in the what is probably an apocryphal report on this experiment,
they were also played Phillip Glass...

I've been told that the rats "under Glass" completely lost their goal
orientation and didn't even care to finish the maze. They seemed dazed and
lost their motivation...

Does anyone have the exact citations of these experiments? Is there one or
MORE of such experiments currently going on?? Who is doing these
experiments?? Well, if nobody can find anything... rats...

Joe Pehrson

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No, this isn't so silly... Recently I also heard about an experiment (could
it be the same one that Wim's friend mentions?...) in which rodents were
played different kinds of music, microtonal and 12-tET during their attempt
to navigate a Minotaurean maze...

Yes, of course, when Mozart was playing they evidenced outsize
capabilities. And, the "control" group was average, as it should be.

However, in the what is probably an apocryphal report on this experiment,
they were also played Phillip Glass...

I've been told that the rats "under Glass" completely lost their goal
orientation and didn't even care to finish the maze. They seemed dazed and
lost their motivation...

Does anyone have the exact citations of these experiments? Is there one or
MORE of such experiments currently going on?? Who is doing these
experiments?? Well, if nobody can find anything... rats...

Joe Pehrson

Joseph Pehrson wrote:

> However, in the what is probably an apocryphal report on this experiment,
> they were also played Phillip Glass...
>
> I've been told that the rats "under Glass" completely lost their goal
> orientation and didn't even care to finish the maze. They seemed dazed and
> lost their motivation...

I've been going for that effect in my music for the last couple
of years.

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