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Don't Worry, Be Happy

Posted at 2:25 PM on March 12, 2010 by Marianne Combs (0 Comments)
Filed under: Music

Bobby McFerrin provides a sweet and simple demonstration of how our brains anticipate notes, using the audience as both his musical instrument and lab rats. Sitting on a panel with neurophysicists, McFerrin provides an irrefutable argument without having to say a word. Nice!


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