Can We Guess Your Age Based On How Much You Like These Sounds?

We'll tell you if your brain perceives music in the same way as a 90-year-old.

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Answer these five questions, then add up your score from each. We'll guess your age based on the total.

These sounds are from a Journal of Neuroscience study by Chris Plack and Olly Bones. The study found that aging affects how we perceive musical harmony.

To come up with a more accurate, scientific estimate of your age, we'd need to use a few equations (and we'd need more information from you), so this will just be a fun exercise loosely based on the study. Ready? Let's go.

This is a major second.

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This is a major third.

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This is a minor seventh.

Olly Bones / Via m.jneurosci.org

This is a minor sixth.

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This is a perfect fourth.

Olly Bones / Via m.jneurosci.org
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