“…As already mentioned, cultural factors may influence the ways individuals experience, express, and interpret their affective states (Peltola & Eerola, 2016; Sachs, Damasio, & Habibi, 2015; Swaminathan & Schellenberg, 2015 ), and cultural background can also impact music perception and affective reactions to different types of music (Eerola, Himberg, Toiviainen, & Louhivuori, 2006; Gregory & Varney, 1996). Although the bulk of music and mood studies have been conducted in Western countries, there is a nascent interest in such research in the Asian context (Hu & Lee, 2012; Nettamo, Nirhamo, & Häkkilä, 2006; Tolos, Tato, & Kemp, 2005).…”