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Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing 1/2018

06.10.2017 | Short Communication

Sadness and happiness are amplified in solitary listening to music

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

Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing | Ausgabe 1/2018

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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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Metadaten
Titel
Sadness and happiness are amplified in solitary listening to music
verfasst von
Jinfan Zhang
Taoxi Yang
Yan Bao
Hui Li
Ernst Pöppel
Sarita Silveira
Publikationsdatum
06.10.2017
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Cognitive Processing / Ausgabe 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1612-4782
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-4790
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-017-0832-7

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