Christmas Music Psychology, Rain Smell Science, Crocodile Paradox, and Pitching the NSF
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Learn about why Christmas music sounds like Christmas; the Crocodile Paradox, an unsolvable dilemma that dates back to ancient Greece; what causes the smell of fresh rain; and why the National Science Foundation wants your idea for their next project.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- Here's Why Christmas Music Sounds Like Christmas
- The Crocodile Paradox Is an Unsolvable Dilemma That Dates Back to Ancient Greece
- Know that Fresh Rain Smell? Here's What Causes It
- The National Science Foundation Wants Your Idea for Their Next Project
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we've got the latest and greatest from curiosity. |
| 0:03.6 | com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:07.0 | And I'm Ashley Hammer. |
| 0:08.1 | Today you learn about why Christmas music sounds like Christmas, |
| 0:11.4 | the crocodile paradox? What causes the smell of fresh rain, and how you can tell |
| 0:16.0 | the National Science Foundation about your idea for their next project. |
| 0:19.0 | Which satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:21.0 | If you've walked into a store in the States in the last month, you've probably heard |
| 0:25.0 | Christmas music. When you hear a Christmas song, you know it. But have you ever wondered, what is it |
| 0:31.2 | about Christmas music that makes it so well, Christmasy? |
| 0:34.8 | Today we've got the science behind why hearing a Christmas song puts you in that Christmas |
| 0:38.6 | spirit. |
| 0:39.6 | And really since this gets into psychology this story isn't Christmas exclusive, it just seems like a kind of relevant |
| 0:46.3 | example right about now. Totally. So psychologically Christmas is associated with a lot of |
| 0:51.4 | sensory stimuli that only show up one time of year. |
| 0:54.8 | The smell of gingerbread, the taste of candy canes, and yes, the traditional Christmas |
| 0:59.4 | playlist. |
| 1:00.4 | And the only time you're exposed to those things is during the holiday season, |
| 1:04.0 | so you start to associate them with Christmas. |
| 1:06.0 | That's called classical conditioning. |
| 1:08.0 | And just like your favorite bands from high school still hold a special place in your heart, Christmas songs can hold a special |
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