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Speaking science: The sounds of sadness
Human speech and music seem to share an “acoustic code” when it comes to conveying sadness, according to an intriguing new study by Tufts University psychologists. It turns out that the pattern of pitch that brings the melancholy to a melody like “Greensleeves” is the same pattern in a voice filled with sorrow.
