Sweet tune, sweeter bite.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A University of Bristol brainiac has created a song that actually makes chocolate taste even better when listening to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After doing 60 years of research, which found that music\u2019s pitch, speed and key can trick the brain into thinking something, particularly sweet treats taste more decadent than they already do, as per SWNS<\/a> \u2014 Dr. Natalie Hyacinth, a composer and sound expert, created a musical track meant to be listened to while eating a sweet treat to make the experience that much better.<\/p>\n Hyacinth discovered that the brain does a party trick called \u201cmultisensory integration,\u201d where senses start to mingle.<\/p>\n A University of Bristol brainiac, Dr. Natalie Hyacinth, cooked up a song that uses decades of research on pitch, speed, and key to make chocolate taste even sweeter. Will Ireland\/PinPep \/ SWNS<\/p>\n Pair chocolate or sweet fruit with a tune, and the brain turns dessert into a full-blown orchestration. Think of it as your senses having a jam session.<\/a> <\/p>\n Her research found that silky, more lush tunes in a major key make chocolate taste creamier and sweeter, while sharp notes crank up the bitter bite \u2014 and fast beats are best left to fast food.<\/p>\n Galaxy Chocolate put the science to work with the scientist commissioned 90-second track, \u201cSweetest Melody\u201d \u2014 a 78-BPM track designed to melt in your ears during the same amount of time that the chocolate melts on your tongue.<\/p>\n Think piano for sweetness, strings for silkiness and a harp to make it all go down smoothly. The song is now streaming on YouTube and Spotify.<\/p>\n Hyacinth noted that this initiative demonstrates how \u201cenjoying chocolate can be a multisensory experience that goes beyond taste to engage all senses.\u201d<\/p>\n She added that the \u201cpower of music to enhance our enjoyment of chocolate is a thrilling prospect.\u201d<\/p>\n The track dropped after a poll of 2,000 found 37% swear by a sweet treat for \u201cme time\u201d \u2014 and 56% turn up the tunes to unwind. deagreez \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n The inspiration for the track came after a poll of 2,000 Brits was taken, which discovered that 37% swear by a sweet treat for \u201cme time\u201d \u2014 and 56% crank up the tunes to chill out.<\/p>\n Galaxy\u2019s brand director, Romi Mackiewicz, said the goal is to turn chocolate into \u201ca symphony for the senses\u201d by pairing it with music.\u00a0<\/p>\n And she\u2019s not alone in banking on music to soothe the soul. Earlier this spring, The Post reported<\/a> on the eight-minute ambient track \u201cWeightless\u201d by British band Marconi Union, touted as a sonic sedative.<\/p>\n The song was specifically engineered to de-stress listeners \u2014 and science backs it up. <\/p>\n In a study<\/a> by Mindlab International, participants tackling complex puzzles while hooked up to biometric sensors saw anxiety plummet 65% when \u201cWeightless,\u201d originally released in 2014, played. <\/p>\n \u201cWeightless\u201d by British band Marconi Union is an eight-minute ambient track engineered to de-stress \u2014 and science says it works. Drobot Dean \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n Dr. Steven Allder, consulting neurologist at Re: Cognition Health,\u00a0told Parade<\/a> that the trippy track kicks off at 60 BPM \u2014 matching your resting heart rate \u2014 then drifts down to 50, syncing with your body like a lullaby for your nerves.<\/p>\n However, if you\u2019re looking to zone in instead of zoning out<\/a>, The Post also reported on neuroscientist Friederike Fabritius putting her money on Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s \u201cGoldberg Variations.\u201d <\/p>\n