Media - Bruno Gingras

2017

Coverage of:
Marin, M. M., Schober, R., Gingras, B., & Leder, H. (2017). Misattribution of musical arousal increases sexual attraction towards opposite-sex faces in females. PLoS ONE, 12(9):e0183531. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183531. [Full text]

Der Standard, Musik macht Männer in den Augen von Frauen attraktiver
Spektrum, Musik macht Männer sexy
Daily Mail, Why classical music is the way to a lady’s heart
Science Daily, When music makes male faces more attractive

2015

Coverage of:
Gingras, B., Marin, M. M., Puig-Waldmüller, E., & Fitch, W. T. (2015). The eye is listening: Music-induced arousal and individual differences predict pupillary responses. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9(619). doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00619. [Full text]

ORF Science, Musik spiegelt sich in den Augen
Der Standard, Emotionale Reaktionen auf Musik lassen sich an den Augen ablesen
Daily Mail, Music to my eyes: Listening to your favourite songs can cause pupils to dilate

Coverage of:
Gingras, B., Honing, H., Peretz, I., Trainor, L. J., & Fisher, S. E. (2015). Defining the biological bases of individual differences in musicality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 370 (20140092). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0092. [Full text]

Scishow video episode, “Music in your DNA and a new species of human?” (2015, February 6)

2014

Coverage of:
Doolittle, E. L. ^†, Gingras, B. ^†, Endres, D. M., & Fitch, W. T. (2014). Overtone-based pitch selection in hermit thrush song: Unexpected convergence with scale construction in human music. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America doi: 10.1073/pnas.1406023111 [Full text] (^†denotes equal contribution)

Huffington Post, This little bird might be a better musician than you
Smithsonian, This bird’s songs share mathematical hallmarks with human music
Science Magazine, Birds found using human musical scales for the first time
New Scientist, Thrush’s song fits human musical scales
Washington Post, Turns out these birds create songs with the same rules humans do
Daily Mail, Hermit Thrush: The bird that sings like a human
BBC World Service, radio interview for BBC World Update: Daily Commute (Nov. 10, 2014) [mp3 file]
Der Standard, Vogel mit Sinn für Obertöne
Die Presse, Zoologie: Vögel singen so harmonisch wie Menschen
Spektrum, Menschen und Vögel musizieren nach ähnlichen Prinzipien

Coverage of:
Müllensiefen, D., Gingras, B., Musil, J., & Stewart, L. (2014). The musicality of non-musicians: An index for assessing musical sophistication in the general population. PLoS ONE, 9(2):e89642. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089642 [Full text]