PNAS: Why "sad people don't listen to slow songs"? New research reveals 13 emotional experiences that music brings.

Can we have lost rivers at the wedding? The answer, of course, is No.because when the melody starts, maybe all the guests will leave.we always say that what kind of music should be played on any occasion, because different music can bring different feelings to people. For example, playing the national anthem when raising the flag can stimulate people's sense of pride, playing "farewell" at graduation can increase the nostalgia for classmates and friends, and playing "suger" in love can bring pleasure and sweetness.so, how many feelings can music bring us? A study published this week in PNAS summarizes this.scientists from the University of California studied the emotional reactions of more than 2500 people in China and the United States to 2168 music clips, and summed up 13 cross-cultural emotional experiences: pleasure, joy, pornography, beauty, relaxation, sadness, fantasy, victory, anxiety, shyness, worry, contempt and excitement.music also has "emotions." in an earlier study, scientists found that people generate 27 emotions when they watch impressive video clips on YouTube.therefore, they further explored these emotions in this recent study.scientists first asked volunteers to search for songs that could evoke various emotions on youtube, and then built a music library related to emotions.then, participants were asked to rate about 40 music samples based on 28 different emotional categories, positive and negative levels, and hyperactivity.through statistical analysis, 13 kinds of main emotional experiences across cultural background are obtained.in the next experiment, scientists asked nearly 1000 participants from China and the United States to rate more than 300 other samples of Western and Chinese traditional music.the results further verified the reliability of these 13 categories.scientists drew music samples based on 13 major emotions triggered by more than 2500 people in the United States and China while listening to audio clips.Image Source: how Alan Cowen's music affects you Violin Concerto four seasons makes you energetic, rock the Casbah is exciting, heavy metal music is generally provocative, lost River can be irritating, and my heart will go on can make you cry.why is music so magical? In October 2019, the University of Southern California team explored this.they used AI algorithm to process the collected emotion of people when listening to music. They found that when listening to music, our brain would respond to the clarity of pulse and the intensity of beat, and the changes of dynamic, register, rhythm and harmony would bring different emotional experience to people.this can also explain why music with fast rhythm and many instruments always makes us feel excited, while music with slow rhythm and single instrument often makes us feel calm and serene. the effect is unknown. Of course, scientists at the University of California also said that although music can bring the same emotional response, it is not clear whether these emotions have a positive or negative impact on people. in short, this new study reveals the mystery that music can evoke so many emotions, which may be used for psychological and psychotherapy to evoke certain emotions, and also help spotify, Netease cloud music and other domestic and foreign music streaming media adjustment algorithms to meet customers' desire for music or emotional needs. end reference: [1] what music makes us feel: at least 13 dimensions organize subjective experiences associated with music across different cultures [2] music evokes 13 key emotions. Scientists have mapped them