How Many Listeners Here Listen Mostly With Eyes Closed?

When without thinking about it I find my eyes closed; man that’s a beautiful moment. Sometimes I get up and dance around. So there’s that too.

  Quite often at home and for short periods at live events. Back in the 70’s and 80’s I was into freshwater aquariums. I had a 240 gallon tank filled with African Cichlids and would just sit and watch the fish while listening to a record.  @parkergetdean LOL regarding the 405. 

I close one eye and keep the other one open. It enhances my music experience, yet I’m still aware of my surroundings. I believe this method is known as ’The Popeye’.

Sadly, an experience a Cyclops can never know.

At home in front of the system, lights off, eyes closed for seriuos listening (which is greater than 75% of the time).

In concerts, eyes closed about 80-90% of the time.

I just hear better and focus better on the sound, the muscic with my eyes closed.

I think it is partially due to turning off my visual cortex.  We are visual creatures and the visual cortex at the back of the brain uses a large of the brain capacity.  From Google:

"Roughly 40% to 50% of the human brain is involved in visual processing when our eyes are open, with some studies suggesting up to two-thirds of the brain's electrical activity is dedicated to vision. The visual system is one of the brain's highest energy consumers, accounting for approximately 44% of total energy consumption."

We turn off extra little processes in our music servers and think the music sounds better.  How about turning off 50% of unnecessary CPU cycles.  That would be (and I think is) huge.

If the buzz is good, sometimes I see colors with my eyes closed (a bonus).

Focus on listening, not seeing.  Turn off the other brain systems.

Enjoy!!

docknow

PS-yes, I am a neuroscientist.