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Letter: Music of the heart

Published 24 August 2002

From Eric Kvaalen

You say that Kiyoko Yokoyama tested the effect of music based on one’s heartbeat by comparing it with silence (27 July, p 13). He found that the heart music had a relaxing effect. But surely he should have compared it with similar music that was not influenced by the heart’s beating? Perhaps music is relaxing by itself, even if it doesn’t give biofeedback.

Paris

Issue no. 2357 published 24 August 2002

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