>> Music is a wonderful thing Not wishing to seem overly cynical, but marketing types selling snake-oil is also a thing. >> In 1985, for instance, one study f

>> Music is a wonderful thing Not wishing to seem overly cynical, but marketing types selling snake-oil is also a thing. >> In 1985, for instance, one study found that diners chewed at a faster pace when higher-tempo music was played. (Researchers measured this according to the delightfully named metric, bites-per-minute.) Interestingly, they noted, diners did not finish their meals faster, suggesting that they had actually been taking smaller bites. So people chewed faster, but it made no difference to the length of time taken to eat the meal? So perhaps: "In 1985, for instance, one study found no change in the time diners took to eat their meals when higher-tempo music was played"