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Christmas Music Has a Positive Psychological Effect. (Music effects you…
Christmas Music Has a Positive Psychological Effect.
Music effects you psychologically.
Univeral effects (response)
Students in experiment were asked to describe effects of composition as one of 6 options and many showed strong response and strong agreement (i.e. 94% emotional strength and 96% listener agreement) From music and your emotions Gutheil
evidence of cross cultural sensitivity (p. 149 thompson)
p. 141Thompson
Passive music listening can have direct health benefits pain, stress, immunity and neonates (p. 305 North and Hargreaves)
Causes approach and avoidance behaviors (275 north and hargreaves)
Causes emotional response (physioogial response) Thompson 143
In the west 1/3 of what we do are accompanied by music and around half the time the music has some sort of emotional effect (Why we love music 39)
Your brain responds to music (Why we love muisc 53-56-- summary 56-57)
When we listen to music if we predict it right our brain releases dopamine (why we love music 227)
allows us to secrete mood enhancing chemicals at will 229 why we love music
The effect of Christmas music is positive.
Nostalgia
Oncology article saved
"Carols bring to me a bit of that Christmas atmosphere that I always miss being away from my home country."
Results of study: participants who read personally nostalgic music reported greater positive mood than those who read lyrics to music someone else found nostalgic
nostalgia essay book p. 48
Xmas music takes you back to a wistful feeling about your childhood.
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/christmas-music-that-makes-you-happy
It is repetitive and that is pleasurable
https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2017/this-is-your-brain-on-christmas-music.php
Seeing others happy helps you
p. 1424 oncology article. Mirror neurons
multiple quotes on oncology article
Qualities of the music
pitch and tempo most influential variables (music thought and feeling Thompson p. 147)
arousal increases with tempo and vis versa
https://rhythmcoglab.coursepress.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/12/Group1_F13_Y1_PEME1_Effect-of-Tempo-on-Perceived-Emotion-of-Musical-Excerpts-report.pdf
avg for xmas songs 115bpm
https://www.fi.edu/science-just-created-the-ultimate-christmas-song
115 bpm considered moderate-fast
http://www2.siba.fi/muste1/index.php?id=102&la=en
Arousal= is coupled with pleasure or displeasure. When coupled with pleasure (as we saw is really common bc nostalgia, mirror neurons and repitition) it increases approach behaviors (275-276 social and applied psych of music North and Hargreaves)
approach behaviors include physically staying, willingness to explore, and
desire to communicate with others in environment
(275 soc. app. psy)
oncology article notes harmony of staff and patients
Table p. 37 of "why you love music"