Music is a form of nonverbal communication that can influence our emotions and moods. We’ve all heard music designed to be emotionally uplifting, create suspense and anticipation, and reflect sorrow.
The study highlights how individual differences, such as age, personality, and cultural orientation shape musical emotions, and songs that matter to us tend to evoke more complex emotions. A new study ...
New research from Michigan State University finds that popular music has gradually become less explicit about emotion and relationships—both across generations of artists and within artists' careers.