After reading the New York Times’ article about music and the brain, I started thinking about emotion/affect and its role in music. I wanted to know more about this connection; so I looked up what research has been done in the psychology field on the topic. What I found intrigued me.
One of the studies I found was titled “Similar Pattern of Age-Related Differences in Emotion Recognition from Speech and Music.” Another was called “Mixed Affective Responses to Music with Conflicting Cues.” What was interesting was these studies connected in some way with what we have read throughout the semester, such as Aristotle’s age differences and emotional vs. rational thinking. One article I found extremely relevant to our discussions was “The Power of Word May Reside in The Power of Affect.” The article’s abstract describes how pre-adaption of language may have required social–affective brain mechanisms, gestures, and poetic or musical vocals.
For my final paper, I am interested in doing a research summary of the journals and articles I found on the connections between emotion/affect and music. I want to connect the studies and their findings to readings we have read throughout the semester.
Final Paper
1) Discuss why emotion/affect influence peoples' love of music.
2) Decide which journals (and how many) to use.
3) Summarize studies and findings.
4) Relate studies and findings back to articles we have read throughout the semester.
5) Create eight-page-research report for peer review.
Sounds fabulous, Donah. You're on.
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