The real winter smell has already crept into the city streets - mulled wine and smoke from the chimneys, together with the cold air, created 'that real' winter feeling, when the cold makes you shiver like a skunk on water, but at the same time it's so nice that you don't you want to go warm. To a large extent, this euphoria is also 'guilty' of decorations in homes, streets and shops, in which the most famous holiday songs are already playing, which, even if you hate them, it is difficult to avoid.
The holiday season calls for festive music, which is difficult for her to avoid. You will hear it everywhere songs, which they are already spinning several decades. And you will probably enjoy the rhythms this year as well Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas or All I Want For Christmas Is You. This innumerable repetition of the same melody, however, can have psychological influences, scientists note.
You probably know the effect exposure measures, which illustrates the U-shaped relationship between how often we hear a song and how much we like a particular song. Holiday music can initially trigger nostalgia and get you in the holiday spirit, but the constant repetition of certain songs can also cause distraction, boredom and even distress, researchers say.
The reason why the brain gets tired of holiday music, it is hidden in the fact that oversaturation triggers a negative response, which points to human productivity and consumer irritation. Playing Christmas carols all winter long produces cognitive fatigue. Clinical psychologist Linda Blair so he says that everyone who plays holiday songs should learn to how to control the sound, i.e. what song selection there will be and how loud the music will be played.
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