H2020Индивидуална стипендия2019–2021

EMUSIG · Emotional Musical Signals

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2019-05-01 → 2021-06-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 191 149 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Музикалните сигнали за страх, като тези във филмовата музика, се анализират чрез невронаука и психология. Разбирането на тези механизми помага да се разбере как страхът влияе върху човешкото поведение, социалните взаимодействия и оценката на риска.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

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Emotional Musical Signals

Music is renowned for its ability to powerfully portray and induce emotions. This ability has led music to be a constant presence in our lives. While many researchers have investigated how music portrays and induces emotion, there were many unanswered questions regarding how music expresses one particular emotion: fear. Fear is an incredibly important emotion as it plays a predominant role in human behaviors and thought patterns, such as those involved in risk assessment, social interactions, personal beliefs, and more. It is imperative for society to understand fear well. As a strong manipulator and signaller of emotions, music could provide the perfect platform for fear research. Therefore, the main goal of the Emotional Musical Signals (EMUSIG) research program was to catalogue how music communicates fear, both as a cultural and biological signal, and to uncover how these musical fear signals are perceived using methods from psychology, neuroscience, and music theory. To achieve this goal, the fellow first trained in several psychology and neuroscience methods. Next, she curated and systematically validated a new database of fearful film music excerpts called FEARMUS. Upon creating this database, she is now investigating the potential ethological underpinnings of musical fear signals with two studies: an fMRI study and an eye tracking study. Additionally, the fellow is working to catalogue and analyze the cultural signals present in scary music using topic theory analysis in a virtual secondment at the University of Leeds. Finally, she plans to synthesize the results of the research program into a comprehensive report on musical fear signaling. Overall, the results provide a detailed understanding of how music communicates fear, through both biological and cultural signalling.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The emotional power of music is a force we reckon with on a daily basis. Bubbly music in advertisements entices us to buy products. Tranquil music in medical waiting rooms evokes calm and diffuses anxiety. In spite of its extensive influence, there are still many open questions about how music impacts our emotions. One emotion in particular has been largely overlooked in music and emotion research: fear. The lack of research is surprising given the important role fear plays in society. Fear-based mental disorders are the most widespread, negatively impacting the lives of millions worldwide. Fear drives our daily behaviors and thus is used frequently to spread beliefs for political gain. Given its relevance, there are many benefits for deepening our understanding of fear. Music, a powerful emotional influencer, could be the ideal tool for furthering our knowledge of fear. This groundbreaking, interdisciplinary action will unlock the potential of music as a platform for fear research through the combined use of methods from cognitive neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and music theory. Specifically, my research objectives are to create a new multicultural database of scary music excerpts, catalogue cultural and biological musical fear signals, and synthesize the results of this research into a comprehensive report on musical fear signaling. My training in music theory and cognition methods and my expertise in film music make me the ideal person for this action. The interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art research environment at the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Zurich is the perfect location for this work. At this pioneering lab in the field of vocal and music perception, I will be trained in cognitive neuroscience methods (fMRI & eye tracking), statistical and programming skills, and in communicating my interdisciplinary work, fostering my development as an independent music cognition scholar capable of leading my own laboratory.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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