On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Rick Froman wrote:
> The following recently came across my class e-mail list and, of course, you
> hear similar claims made all the time. Does anyone have the scoop on this,
> with a lead on at least one reference in a journal.
>
> Rick
>
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> not only people are affected by music I have heard about experiments, on the
> effect that music has on plants and animals, and how they react to
> different kinds of music and it seems that they have a positive reaction to
> instrumental music and a somewhat negative effect with stronger music like
> rock.
>
I'm afraid that the closest I have is the following, which really
isn't close at all, but I love citing it.
Lenington, S. (1979). Effect of holy water on the growth of
radish plants. Psychological Reports, 45, 381-382
...and I refuse to tell you what she found.
-Stephen
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