Engagement and visual imagery in music listening: An exploratory study.

Presicce, Graziana; Bailes, Freya

doi:10.1037/pmu0000243

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“…Here, we investigate whether music can induce and manipulate directed imagination, and measure observable features of this effect in terms of vividness and sentiment of the imagined content, and imagined orientation in time and space, whilst controlling for potential effects of tempo 18 and musical expertise 44 . If music would show systematic effects on imagination here, then this would demonstrate that music has a direct influence on the creative thought processes underlying directed imagination.…”

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Music influences vividness and content of imagined journeys in a directed visual imagery task

Herff

Cecchetti

Taruffi

et al. 2021

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Directed, intentional imagination is pivotal for self-regulation in the form of escapism and therapies for a wide variety of mental health conditions, such anxiety and stress disorders, as well as phobias. Clinical application in particular benefits from increasing our understanding of imagination, as well as non-invasive means of influencing it. To investigate imagination, this study draws from the prior observation that music can influence the imagined content during non-directed mind-wandering, as well as the finding that relative orientation within time and space is retained in imagination. One hundred participants performed a directed imagination task that required watching a video of a figure travelling towards a barely visible landmark, and then closing their eyes and imagining a continuation of the journey. During each imagined journey, participants either listened to music or silence. After the imagined journeys, participants reported vividness, the imagined time passed and distance travelled, as well as the imagined content. Bayesian mixed effects models reveal strong evidence that vividness, sentiment, as well imagined time passed and distances travelled, are influenced by the music, and show that aspects of these effects can be modelled through features such as tempo. The results highlight music’s potential to support therapies such as Exposure Therapy and Imagery Rescripting, which deploy directed imagination as a clinical tool.

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Music influences vividness and content of imagined journeys in a directed visual imagery task

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Cecchetti

Taruffi

et al. 2021

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“…In the context of the current study’s findings, this would have likely occurred on the basis of perceiving sadness in the music, rather than feeling an emotional response (e.g., Evans & Schubert, 2008; Gabrielsson, 2002). Future research endeavors that combine memory performance measures with continuous self-report responses of visual imagery for music-induced emotions will help to establish the extent to which imagery plays a role in the encoding and development of the visual narrative in STM (e.g., Damjanovic et al, 2020; Day & Thompson, 2019; Küssner & Eerola, 2019; Paivio, 1969; Presicce & Bailes, 2019; Timmers et al, 2006).…”

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The role of music-induced emotions on recognition memory of filmed events

Damjanovic

Kawalec

2021

Psychology of Music

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The present study investigated the effects of pairing a comedic movie trailer with emotive music on subsequent recognition memory of the events depicted in the trailer. In an independent groups design, the comedic trailer was paired with happy music (congruent condition) or sad music (incongruent condition). A no music condition served as the control condition. The results showed that participants in the incongruent condition displayed a recognition memory advantage for visual test items over participants in the congruent and control conditions. While changes in self-reported positive and negative affect did not correlate significantly with recognition memory, the perception of emotion-specific categories did. These findings help to establish an empirical basis of ironic contrast techniques and propose an affective component in the integration and representation of audiovisual action that is likely to emerge where a participant perceives or recognizes expressed emotions in music, without necessarily feeling an overall positive or negative affect.

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“…Indeed, many studies inquired about likability and familiarity (Groarke & Hogan, 2019; Juslin et al, 2016; Sakka & Juslin, 2018), and both have been linked to past exposure to music (Freitas et al, 2018; Mungan et al, 2019). Some studies have focused on listeners’ absorption, that is, their ability and willingness to immerse in music (Sandstrom & Russo, 2013), and others on listeners’ elevated interest and attention (Olsen et al, 2014; Presicce & Bailes, 2019). Hence, there is evidence about such factors available to listeners’ consciousness that potentially mark spreading activation, but their systematic investigation in the spreading activation theory framework is scarce.…”

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Measuring emotional music experience: Spreading activation and BRECVEMA mechanisms

Völker

2021

Psychology of Music

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Spreading activation in the cognitive network explains why music is experienced as familiar or likable. It might also be a premise for the emotion-inducing mechanisms of the BRECVEMA framework (Brain stem reflexes, Rhythmic entrainment, Evaluative conditioning, Contagion, Visual imagery, Episodic memory, Musical expectancy, Aesthetic judgment). Both perspectives constitute important aspects of music experience and are influenced by individual differences. In two studies ( n = 125 and n = 153), potential indicators for spreading activation and BRECVEMA mechanisms for single instances of music listening were assessed with a new questionnaire. The results indicated that Typicality of music, Liking, and attentional Engagement underlie spreading activation. The mechanisms Evaluative conditioning and Contagion in unison (Conditioning/Contagion), as well as Visual imagery and Episodic memory could be reliably assessed. Findings revealed that (a) Engagement, Conditioning/Contagion, and Visual imagery increased with musical expertise; (b) spreading activation and mechanisms were stronger when listening to self- rather than pre-selected music; (c) sad music evoked stronger Engagement, Conditioning/Contagion, and Episodic memory when it was self-selected; (d) spreading activation and mechanisms were associated with music empathizing and systemizing and the emotion regulation strategy reappraisal; and finally, (e) regulating sadness with sad music was associated with habitual suppression and stronger Conditioning/Contagion.

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Engagement and visual imagery in music listening: An exploratory study.

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Cited by 16 publications

References 48 publications

Music influences vividness and content of imagined journeys in a directed visual imagery task

Music influences vividness and content of imagined journeys in a directed visual imagery task

The role of music-induced emotions on recognition memory of filmed events

Measuring emotional music experience: Spreading activation and BRECVEMA mechanisms

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