Timmers, R., Crook, H. and Morimoto, Y. (2012) Emotional Influences on Attention to Auditory Streams. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition and 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music. 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, 23-28 Jul 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece. Department of Music Studies - School of Fine Arts - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , pp. 989-994.
Abstract
Perception and experience of emotions are important elements of the appreciation and understanding of music. In fact, they may not only be a response to music, but may also play a directing role in our perception of music. The results of three experiments present corroborating evidence that this is indeed the case: Presentations of affective pictures influence the way participants attend to and group auditory sequences. The experiments used sequences consisting of alternating high and low notes. Participants indicated their perception of the sequences by judging to what extent they attended to the high or low sequence or to both lines (one stream). Happy pictures increased the tendency of participants to focus on the higher line, while sad pictures increased the tendency to focus on the lower pitches. Sad pictures also increased the tendency to segregate the lines and focus on slower melodic movement.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Department of Music Studies - School of Fine Arts - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Music (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BRITISH ACADEMY (THE) SG-54560 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2017 15:15 |
Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2022 13:36 |
Published Version: | http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/proceedings.htm... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Department of Music Studies - School of Fine Arts - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117731 |