Music as Expression

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-121
Author(s):  
Patrik N. Juslin
Keyword(s):  
Express Emotion ◽  
Expression Of Emotions ◽  
Music And Emotion

Chapter 6 demonstrated that there is some agreement among listeners about what emotion pieces of music express, and that music performers may communicate at least some emotions to listeners in a reliable manner. Yet such findings do not by themselves prove that this is how musicians or listeners conceive of music. This chapter addresses problems and objections surrounding the notion of music-as-expression-of-emotions. There are scholars who are strongly critical of this view on music. Issues concerning expression, communication, and emotion tend to invite controversy, and some authors go to extreme lengths to reject any link between music and emotion. One example of a critical voice can be found in an essay by philosopher Nick Zangwill (2004). He argues that, ‘it is not essential to music to possess emotion, arouse emotion, express emotion, or represent emotion. Music...has nothing to do with emotion’.

scholarly journals Interactive relations among time, music and emotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Stavroula Samartzi ◽  
Maria Panagiotidi
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Time Estimation ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Hemispheric Dominance ◽  
Expression Of Emotions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Music And Emotion

Research so far has shown that the emotional content of information affects time perception, through the mechanism of subjectivisation (i.e. shrinking or expanding temporal duration as a result of positive and negative emotional valence, respectively). Additionally, preliminary studies suggest that musically trained individuals compared to untrained ones tend to make more accurate duration judgements. Finally, it is known that music can induce specific moods; two of the main factors that determine the relationship between music and emotion are the structural features of the song and the features of the listener. However, it is not clear whether any interactive relations exist among these factors. In this study we attempted to address this particular gap in our current knowledge. As neuroscience studies show, when non musicians are listening to music there is activation of right cerebral areas while musicians show left hemispheric dominance. Right cerebral areas arerelated to the recognition and the expression of emotions and their activation suggests a cognitive processing based on the emotional valence of songs. Thus, it seems that musical training affects emotion(by inducing certain moods) that, consecutively, affects time estimation.

Color, Music, and Emotion

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Palmer ◽  
Thomas A. Langlois ◽  
Tawny Tsang ◽  
Karen B. Schloss ◽  
Daniel J. Levitin
Keyword(s):  
Music And Emotion

Breast cancer and (non)expression of emotions

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vingerhoets ◽  
P. Servaes ◽  
G. Vreugdenhil ◽  
J. Keuning ◽  
A. Broekhuijsen
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Expression Of Emotions

Associations between habitual (non)expression of emotions and health status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. van Middendorp ◽  
R. Geenen ◽  
M. J. Sorbi ◽  
A.J.J.M. Vingerhoets ◽  
L.J.P. Doornen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Expression Of Emotions

The influence of olanzapine on facial expression of emotions in schizophrenia – An improved facial EMG study

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Wolf ◽  
R Mass ◽  
F Kiefer ◽  
K Eckert ◽  
N Weinhold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expression ◽  
Facial Emg ◽  
Expression Of Emotions
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