Concerns have been raised that prolonged exposure to heavy metal music with aggressive
themes can increase the risk of aggression, anger, antisocial behaviour, substance use …

In healthy adults, autobiographical memories (AMs) evoked by music appear to have unique
cognitive characteristics that set them apart from AMs evoked by other cues. If this is the …

Passionate music engagement is a defining feature of music fans worldwide. Although
benefits to psychosocial well-being are often experienced by fans of music, some fans …

This study addresses the growing anxiety and depression among Chinese university
students by evaluating and ranking music education strategies to alleviate these issues. We …

Human imagination is generative and creative yet deeply rooted in culture and familiarity.
Recent studies have quantified the effects of culture on stories that are imagined during …

Music appreciation is a complex process that involves responses to surface-level structure,
personal associations, and source sensitivity. Source sensitivity is an understanding of the …

Many people listen to music that conveys challenging emotions such as sadness and anger,
despite the commonly assumed purpose of media being to elicit pleasure. We propose that …

The link between music and emotion, as articulated from a cognitive perspective, assumes
that music carries expressive cues that convey or induce emotional responses in listeners …

Digital technologies are increasingly being used to strengthen national health systems.
Music is used as a management technique for pain. The objective of this study is to …

Humans perceive a range of basic emotional connotations from music, such as joy, sadness,
and fear, which can be decoded from structural characteristics of music, such as rhythm …