Have you ever sat back with your eyes closed and listened to music or someone speaking? Why did you do it? Probably, to appreciate more fully and deeply what you were hearing. By shutting down one of our senses, we allow ourselves to hone in more deeply to the music or conversation.
Well, you are not crazy for doing this. A recent study, posted on LiveScience.com (posted on October 10, 2017 entitled Listen, Don’t Look: Why Your Ears Can Tell More Than Your Eyesby Samantha Mattewson) reveals that our ears enlighten us more than our eyes. If we truly want to understand something or “… understand how someone else truly feels…”, we should close our eyes and simply listen. (Id.)
In a recent study from the American Psychological Association, researchers “…found that people who focus solely on listening to another person’s voice- including what the person says and vocal cues such as pitch, cadence, speed and volume- were able to better empathize with that individual.”(Id.)
