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You’re Being Manipulated – How Music Affects Your Buyin...

“If you think music doesn’t affect you, you’ll be changing your tune after reading this. This is a true story of a recent study from Leicester University in England. You’re off to the supermarket and...

Topics: Influence of music on buying habits, music and buying habits, psychology of music, Shopping

The Psychology of Music

by musicbeam

“Studies indicate that music can have profound physical and psychological effects not only on people but also on animals and plants. Research into the effects of music on behavior, intelligence, lear...

Topics: psychological effects of music, psychology of music, effects of music, music and its effects on humans, music and its effects on animals, music and its effects on plants

Music Psychology

by musicbeam

“Music psychology, or the psychology of music, may be regarded as a branch of psychology or a branch of musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behavior and musical experience. Modern m...

Topics: music psychology, perception of musical sounds, perception of sound patterns, psychology of music, Music therapy

Exercise, Humor, Music, and the Brain

by musicbeam

“Feelings of relaxation swarm the body after a long workout. Happiness courses through us after a good laugh. Excitement and a vast number of feelings are amplified while listening to your favorite m...

Topics: exercise and music, exercise-humor-music -and-the-brain, music and the brain, psychology of music, human mind, physical exercise

Notes On: Leonard Meyer's Emotion and Meaning in Music

by musicbeam

“Leonard Meyer’s Emotion and Meaning in Music is perhaps the first major treatise on music, written by a Western music theorist, which relies heavily on psychological insights and psychologically-ba...

Topics: emotion and meaning in music, emotions and music, psychology of music, Gestalt psychology, Western music theoretical tradition, Susan Langer

Topic: psychology of music