scholarly journals Engagement and visual imagery in music listening: An exploratory study.

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 136-155
Author(s):  
Graziana Presicce ◽  
Freya Bailes
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Music Listening

Analysing Visual Imagery: Connecting Semiotic and Cognitive Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
May L-Y Wong
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Conceptual Integration ◽  
The Social ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Cognitive Perspectives

This article provides an exploratory study of a new analytical approach to examining visual imagery in relation to the underlying cognitive processes involved. The analytical approach combines social semiotic theory of representation with cognitive-linguistic studies on blending or conceptual integration. The author’s thesis is that visual-analytic tools suggested by the social semiotic approach perfectly complements the inward cognition of an image-viewer, a synergy which has rarely been envisaged by scholars from both disciplines. From this perspective, visual analysis is seen as both semiotically and cognitively relevant. The interdisciplinary approach developed in the article hopes to present new perspectives on the ways images are analysed and interpreted.

scholarly journals The Role of Music in Everyday Life During the First Wave of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Carlson ◽  
Johanna Wilson ◽  
Margarida Baltazar ◽  
Deniz Duman ◽  
Henna-Riikka Peltola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Musical Engagement ◽  
Listening Behaviors

Although music is known to be a part of everyday life and a resource for mood and emotion management, everyday life has changed significantly for many due to the global coronavirus pandemic, making the role of music in everyday life less certain. An online survey in which participants responded to Likert scale questions as well as providing free text responses was used to explore how participants were engaging with music during the first wave of the pandemic, whether and how they were using music for mood regulation, and how their engagement with music related to their experiences of worry and anxiety resulting from the pandemic. Results indicated that, for the majority of participants, while many felt their use of music had changed since the beginning of the pandemic, the amount of their music listening behaviors were either unaffected by the pandemic or increased. This was especially true of listening to self-selected music and watching live streamed concerts. Analysis revealed correlations between participants’ use of mood for music regulation, their musical engagement, and their levels of anxiety and worry. A small number of participants described having negative emotional responses to music, the majority of whom also reported severe levels of anxiety.

scholarly journals Saccadic Eye-Movements Suppress Visual Mental Imagery and Partly Reduce Emotional Response During Music Listening

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 205920432095958
Author(s):  
Sarah Hashim ◽  
Lauren Stewart ◽  
Mats B. Küssner
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movement ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Saccadic Eye Movements ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Visual Mental Imagery ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Distraction Task

Visual mental imagery has been proposed to be an underlying mechanism of music-induced emotion, yet very little is known about the phenomenon due to its ephemeral nature. The present study utilised a saccadic eye-movement task designed to suppress visual imagery during music listening. Thirty-five participants took part in Distractor (eye-movement) and Control (blank screen) conditions, and reported the prevalence, control, and vividness of their visual imagery, and felt emotion ratings using the GEMS-9 in response to short excerpts of film music. The results show that the eye-movement task was highly effective in reducing ratings for prevalence and vividness of visual imagery, and for one GEMS item, Nostalgia, but was not successful in reducing control of imagery or the remaining GEMS items in response to the music. This represents a novel approach to understanding the potentially causal role of visual imagery on music-induced emotion, on which future research can build by considering the attentional mechanisms that a distraction task may pose during music-induced visual imagery formation.

Measuring emotional music experience: Spreading activation and BRECVEMA mechanisms

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562110102
Author(s):  
Juliane Völker
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Evaluative Conditioning ◽  
Aesthetic Judgment ◽  
Spreading Activation ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Attentional Engagement ◽  
Music Experience ◽  
Brain Stem Reflexes ◽  
Sad Music

Spreading activation in the cognitive network explains why music is experienced as familiar or likable. It might also be a premise for the emotion-inducing mechanisms of the BRECVEMA framework (Brain stem reflexes, Rhythmic entrainment, Evaluative conditioning, Contagion, Visual imagery, Episodic memory, Musical expectancy, Aesthetic judgment). Both perspectives constitute important aspects of music experience and are influenced by individual differences. In two studies ( n = 125 and n = 153), potential indicators for spreading activation and BRECVEMA mechanisms for single instances of music listening were assessed with a new questionnaire. The results indicated that Typicality of music, Liking, and attentional Engagement underlie spreading activation. The mechanisms Evaluative conditioning and Contagion in unison (Conditioning/Contagion), as well as Visual imagery and Episodic memory could be reliably assessed. Findings revealed that (a) Engagement, Conditioning/Contagion, and Visual imagery increased with musical expertise; (b) spreading activation and mechanisms were stronger when listening to self- rather than pre-selected music; (c) sad music evoked stronger Engagement, Conditioning/Contagion, and Episodic memory when it was self-selected; (d) spreading activation and mechanisms were associated with music empathizing and systemizing and the emotion regulation strategy reappraisal; and finally, (e) regulating sadness with sad music was associated with habitual suppression and stronger Conditioning/Contagion.

Photic Driving and Altered States of Consciousness: An Exploratory Study

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Glicksohn
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Verbal Report ◽  
Photic Stimulation ◽  
Altered States ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Photic Driving ◽  
Successful Induction ◽  
Altered State Of Consciousness ◽  
Male Subjects

The use of photic driving to induce an altered state of consciousness (ASC) is investigated and discussed in this exploratory study. Four male subjects were exposed to photic stimulation at the frequencies of 18, 10, and 6 c/s, and were required to provide a verbal report regarding their mentation at the end of each block of photic stimulation. Individual differences were apparent at both cognitive and electrophysiological levels. Two subjects experienced ASCs, reported visual imagery induced by the photic stimulation, and exhibited a driving response to the stimulation at 10 c/s. It was tentatively concluded that the successful induction of a driving response at 10 c/s is conducive both to visual imagery and to the induction of an ASC.

The vision thing

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-24 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings For those of us born before 2000 without an iPhone permanently stuck in our hands, we have been rather slow on the take up of the importance of visual imagery on communication. And this is not just a lack of understanding of basic emoji or a belief that full sentences and correct grammar are necessary in all communication via mobile devices. It is more the realization of just how elemental the use of images is in every form of communication. For example, few realize that the second most popular search engine is probably YouTube; that almost certainly, YouTube is also the world’s most popular music listening service. While many older people crave text for the provision of information (preferably printed on paper), younger people need their information in a very non-textual way. Practical implications This paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Mood metadata on Chinese music websites: an exploratory study with user feedback

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 864-879
Author(s):  
Xiao Hu ◽  
Christy W.L. Cheong ◽  
Siwei Zhang ◽  
J. Stephen Downie
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Western World ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Music ◽  
Online Music ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose Music mood is an important metadata type on online music repositories and stream music services worldwide. Many existing studies on mood metadata have focused on music websites and services in the Western world to the exclusion of those serving users in other cultures. The purpose of this paper is to bridge this gap by exploring mood labels on influential Chinese music websites. Design/methodology/approach Mood labels and the associated song titles were collected from six Chinese music websites, and analyzed in relation to mood models and findings in the literature. An online music listening test was conducted to solicit users’ feedback on the mood labels on two popular Chinese music websites. Mood label selections on 30 songs from 64 Chinese listeners were collected and compared to those given by the two websites. Findings Mood labels, although extensively employed on Chinese music websites, may be insufficient in meeting listeners’ needs. More mood labels of high arousal semantics are needed. Song languages and user familiarity to the songs show influence on users’ selection of mood labels given by the websites. Practical implications Suggestions are proposed for future development of mood metadata and mood-enabled user interfaces in the context of global online music access. Originality/value This paper provides insights on understanding the mood metadata on Chinese music websites and uniquely contributes to existing knowledge of culturally diversified music access.

scholarly journals How listening to music and engagement with other media provide a sense of belonging: An exploratory study of social surrogacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Schäfer ◽  
Tuomas Eerola
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Social Motives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Partners ◽  
Social Surrogacy ◽  
Identification Processes ◽  
Watching Tv

The social surrogacy hypothesis holds that people resort to temporary substitutes, so-called social surrogates, if direct social interaction is not possible. In this exploratory study, we investigate social motives for listening to music in comparison to watching TV and reading fiction. Thirty statements about possible social reasons for the engagement with media were compiled. After 374 participants had rated their agreement with those statements, they were reduced to seven categories: Company, Shared experiences, Understanding others, Reminiscence, Isolation, Group identity, and Culture. The results propose that music is used as temporary substitute for social interaction alongside TV programs and fiction, but that it acts differently. Music listening might act as a social surrogate by evoking memories of relationship partners or through identification processes. There are overlapping motives between the domains, but the elicitation of nostalgia appears to be unique to music listening. The results motivate further investigation into the effects of music listening on socio-emotional well-being.

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