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Dancers pick up the pace on a bass beat — even though it’s inaudible

Concertgoers were not conscious of a low-frequency sound, but grooved more energetically when it played.
A silhouette of people dancing at a music concert with blue and purple strobe lights

Feel the beat: researchers recorded more movement by music fans when a very low-frequency sound was played. Credit: Getty

Concertgoers move and groove with extra energy when the bass is turned up, according to a small experiment on the boogieing effects of low-frequency sounds1.

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Nature 611, 429 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03588-6

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  1. Cameron, D. J. et al. Curr. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.09.035 (2022).

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