We are visual creatures. Visual things stay put, whereas sounds fade.
Steven Pinker
We are visual creatures
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He overstates. We are sensory creatures, and all are important.
Anyone here ever run across that article talking about watching Star Wars (original trilogy) with the music off? It lost a lot of impact. The person then just listened to the soundtrack. Impact.
And, of course, music’s ability to reach the brain damaged is reasonably well known, I believe.
Scents to spark memory. Etc.