Scary Shark Music, Your Brain Predicts the Future, Hydrobot
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Learn about ominous music’s effect on conservation efforts; why our brains constantly predict the future; and “Hydrobot.”
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Ominous background music in shark programming could hinder conservation efforts by Steffie Drucker
- Nosal, A. P., Keenan, E. A., Hastings, P. A., & Gneezy, A. (2016). The Effect of Background Music in Shark Documentaries on Viewers’ Perceptions of Sharks. PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0159279. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159279
- Sharks get bad rap when viewed with ominous background music: Researchers demonstrate that background music affects viewers’ attitudes toward sharks. (2016). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160804171639.htm
- Why sharks need a new soundtrack. (2018, October 24). University of California. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/why-shark-soundtracks-make-it-harder-live-underwater
Our brains are constantly predicting the future to stay in the present by Cameron Duke
- Chow, D. (2013, May 8). How Your Brain Tracks Moving Objects. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/29417-how-brain-tracks-moving-objects.html
- eijwat. (2012). Flash-drag Effect: Optical Illusion 3D [Old title: Flash-lag Effect induced by Background 3D Motion] [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6XOIN4jaDQ
- Maus, Gerrit W., Fischer, J., & Whitney, D. (2013). Motion-Dependent Representation of Space in Area MT+. Neuron, 78(3), 554–562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.03.010
- Murai, Y., & Murakami, I. (2016). The flash-lag effect and the flash-drag effect in the same display. Journal of Vision, 16(11), 31. https://doi.org/10.1167/16.11.31
- Don’t blink: The science of a 100-mph fastball. (2017). The Seattle Times. http://projects.seattletimes.com/2017/mariners-preview/science/
"Hydrobot" is a magnetic bead that can move water around, even upside down by Briana Brownell
- Water droplets become hydrobots by adding magnetic beads. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210603111954.htm
- Si, Y., Hu, J., & Dong, Z. (2021). Bioinspired magnetically driven liquid manipulation as microrobot. Cell Reports Physical Science, 100439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100439
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from |
| 0:04.8 | Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Goff, and I'm Ashley Hamer. And it's Shark Week! |
| 0:11.0 | But we're not going to play special music because today you'll learn about how |
| 0:15.0 | ominous background music and shark programming could hinder conservation efforts. |
| 0:19.6 | You'll also learn why our brains constantly predict the future to help us stay in the present |
| 0:24.7 | and you'll learn about Hydrobot, a magnetic bead that can move water around even upside down. |
| 0:30.3 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:33.0 | Generations of Americans have a fear of sharks thanks to sensationalized media like jaws and deep blue sea and if you're a parent, baby shark. |
| 0:43.0 | Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. |
| 0:44.0 | Exactly. |
| 0:45.0 | But even nature documentaries designed to educate about sharks |
| 0:49.0 | may actually be causing harm too. |
| 0:51.0 | How? Something as simple as the background music. A Harvard |
| 0:56.4 | marketing professor and a UC San Diego shark researcher teamed up to see how |
| 1:00.8 | background music affected people's perception of the predators. |
| 1:04.5 | The team first measured how much participants supported protecting sharks and how much they associated |
| 1:09.5 | the animals with words like peaceful, graceful, vicious, and scary. |
| 1:14.0 | Next, they showed half of the participants a one minute clip from the BBC's Blue Planet |
| 1:19.3 | documentaries. |
| 1:21.1 | The video shows a bunch of sharks swimming. |
| 1:23.0 | Not feeding, not appearing to charge the camera, just swimming. |
| 1:28.0 | The clip was set to either uplifting, majestic music, menacing music, or it had no sound at all. |
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