Japanese Turning To "Therapeutic Ringtones"

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A host of young Japanese are drawn to the allure of 'therapeutic ringtones' — a genre of melodies that promises to ease a range of day-to-day gripes, from chronic insomnia to a rotten hangover. Developed by Matsumi Suzuki, the head of the Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory, an eight-year-old subsidiary of the Japan Acoustic Laboratory, the tones are a hit with housewives as well as teenagers

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/16/1356234/Japanese-Turning-To-Therapeutic-Ringtones