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Musical emotions in the context of narrative film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Matthew A. Bezdek  and
Richard J. Gerrig
Matthew A. Bezdek
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500. [email protected]@notes.cc.sunysb.eduhttp://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/psychology/index.php?people/faculty/richard_gerrig
Richard J. Gerrig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500. [email protected]@notes.cc.sunysb.eduhttp://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/psychology/index.php?people/faculty/richard_gerrig
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Abstract

Juslin & Västfjäll's (J&V's) discussions of evaluative conditioning and episodic memory focus on circumstances in which music becomes associated with arbitrary life events. However, analyses of film music suggest that viewers experience consistent pairings between types of music and types of narrative content. Researchers have demonstrated that the emotional content of film music has a major impact on viewers' emotional experiences of a narrative.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 578
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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