In the mood
May 10, 2022
3 minutes
COMPILED BY ALEX LLOYD
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The boom in podcasts, audiobooks and general newfound love of the spoken word could hardly have been imagined a few years ago. But now it seems that experts might have worked out why we all love them so. If you’re one of the millions who pop on their headphones to get a fix, you enjoy a more powerful emotional response than on loudspeaker, a study has found. People who use headphones experience a phenomenon called
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