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ArticleCognitive processing2018

Sadness and happiness are amplified in solitary listening to music.

Jinfan Zhang, Taoxi Yang, Yan Bao, Hui Li, Ernst Pöppel, Sarita Silveira

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Article in Cognitive processing, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jinfan ZhangSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China.
Taoxi YangSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China.
Yan BaoSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China. baoyan@pku.edu.cn.
Hui LiSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China.
Ernst PöppelSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China.
Sarita SilveiraInstitute of Medical Psychology and Human Science Center, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, 80336, Germany.
Peking University · CNLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

China Scholarship Council [2009]3003China Scholarship Council [2014]3026National Natural Science Foundation of China 31371018National Natural Science Foundation of China 91120004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that music is a powerful means to convey affective states, but it remains unclear whether and how social context shape the intensity and quality of emotions perceived in music. Using a within-subject design, we studied this question in two experimental settings, i.e. when subjects were alone versus in company of others without direct social interaction or feedback. Non-vocal musical excerpts of the emotional qualities happiness or sadness were rated on arousal and valence dimensions. We found evidence for an amplification of perceived emotion in the solitary listening condition, i.e. happy music was rated as happier and more arousing when nobody else was around and, in an analogous manner, sad music was perceived as sadder. This difference might be explained by a shift of attention in the presence of others. The observed interaction of perceived emotion and social context did not differ for stimuli of different cultural origin.

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HappinessAdolescentAdultArousalAttentionAuditory PerceptionEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleMusicYoung AdultAttentionEmotionHappinessMusic perceptionSadnessSocial context

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PMID28986700
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