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Background music is powerful
Even if you are hardly aware of it, music can be surprisingly powerful.
Researchers have found that it can affect:
- how much time we think has passed while waiting
- how co-operative shoppers are with sales staff
- how sweet or bitter food tastes
- what you will purchase. (One study found that shopper's preference for German or French wine shifted according to what traditional music was playing at the time.)
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