THURSDAY, Sept. 15, 2016 -- Many people find sad music relaxing but to those who are very empathetic, exposure to melancholic melodies is an intense but positive and deeply moving experience, ...
In a YouTube video that went viral last year, a toddler attending his sister’s piano recital is moved to tears when he hears Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata.” Among the thousands of comments people have ...
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We all know the powerful effect that music can have on mood. You might be feeling rather chirpy, but then a tear-jerker comes on the car radio and you arrive home feeling morose. For most of us, these ...
People with depression listen to sad music because it makes them feel better, according to a small study that is one of the first to investigate why people turn to tearjerkers when they’re already ...
We've all been there. You're alone in your room feeling glum, so what do you do? Turn on sad music and cry, of course. Though this might lead you to wonder why you cry when you listen to sad music in ...
My husband and I spent several nights this summer watching the HBO mini-series Chernobyl. If you haven’t seen it, it’s extremely well made and also extremely miserable, telling the story of ...
Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4 (APRIL 2018), pp. 502-517 (16 pages) Lundqvist, Carlsson, Hilmersson, and Juslin (2009) presented evidence of differential autonomic ...
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