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Music alters visual perception: Our conscious experience of the world may be less objective than we think

The study showed that listening to happy compared to listening to sad music had a dramatic effect on people’s perception. Respondents were assigned to identify happy and sad smileys while listening to happy or sad music. The results showed that even when a neutral face smiley was shown, the respondents that listened to happy music thought they saw a happy smiley and vice versa.

Happy vs. Angry vs. Sad vs. Calm music

Calm music may be helpful in boosting social bonding and empathy, when people are in tears.

The Music of Power Perceptual and Behavioral Consequences of Powerful Music

Music that has been pre-tested as being powerful, makes people feel more powerful. Powerful music increases abstract thinking, illusory control, and moving first (power behaviors). Music with more bass create a greater sense of power among people compared to the same music but with lower levels of bass.

Why Are We Attracted to Sad Music?

Results suggest that thinkers do not experience an improved mood from listening to sad music and in fact may derive greater benefit from listening to happy music than other listeners, indicating that their attraction to sad music is part of their generally maladaptive mood regulation strategies.

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