Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory Study
We compared music emotion ratings and their physiological correlates when the participants listened to music at home and in the laboratory. We hypothesized that music emotions are stronger in a familiar environment, that is, at home. Participants listened to their self-selected favorite and neutral...
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| description | We compared music emotion ratings and their physiological correlates when the participants listened to music at home and in the laboratory. We hypothesized that music emotions are stronger in a familiar environment, that is, at home. Participants listened to their self-selected favorite and neutral music excerpts at home and in the laboratory for 10 min in each environment. They completed the questionnaires about their emotional states and gave saliva samples for the analyses of the stress hormone cortisol. We found that in the context of music listening, the participants’ emotion ratings differed between home and the laboratory. Furthermore, the cortisol levels were generally lower at home than in the laboratory and decreased after music listening at home and in the laboratory. However, the modulatory effects of music listening on cortisol levels did not differ between the home and the laboratory. Our exploratory multimethodological data offer novel insight about the psychological and physiological consequences of music listening. These data reveal the sensitivity of the current research methods to investigate human emotions in various contexts without excluding the use of laboratory environment in investigating them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08c7352651b44b2aa1135e91c56e4a412023-11-21T18:17:33ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252021-05-0111559310.3390/brainsci11050593Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory StudyMari Tervaniemi0Tommi Makkonen1Peixin Nie2Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 9, 00014 Helsinki, FinlandCognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 21, 00014 Helsinki, FinlandFaculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 9, 00014 Helsinki, FinlandWe compared music emotion ratings and their physiological correlates when the participants listened to music at home and in the laboratory. We hypothesized that music emotions are stronger in a familiar environment, that is, at home. Participants listened to their self-selected favorite and neutral music excerpts at home and in the laboratory for 10 min in each environment. They completed the questionnaires about their emotional states and gave saliva samples for the analyses of the stress hormone cortisol. We found that in the context of music listening, the participants’ emotion ratings differed between home and the laboratory. Furthermore, the cortisol levels were generally lower at home than in the laboratory and decreased after music listening at home and in the laboratory. However, the modulatory effects of music listening on cortisol levels did not differ between the home and the laboratory. Our exploratory multimethodological data offer novel insight about the psychological and physiological consequences of music listening. These data reveal the sensitivity of the current research methods to investigate human emotions in various contexts without excluding the use of laboratory environment in investigating them.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/5/593musicemotionemotion regulationstress reductioncortisol |
| spellingShingle | Mari Tervaniemi Tommi Makkonen Peixin Nie Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory Study Brain Sciences music emotion emotion regulation stress reduction cortisol |
| title | Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory Study |
| title_full | Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory Study |
| title_fullStr | Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory Study |
| title_short | Psychological and Physiological Signatures of Music Listening in Different Listening Environments—An Exploratory Study |
| title_sort | psychological and physiological signatures of music listening in different listening environments an exploratory study |
| topic | music emotion emotion regulation stress reduction cortisol |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/5/593 |
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