Psycomedia Episode 30 – Music Part I – I Want to Brain Scan Big Jeff
June 1, 2012 1 Comment
Psycomedia Episode 30 – Music Part I – I Want to Brain Scan Big Jeff
The titular Big Jeff:
The eponymous Big Jeff:
A sequel to Hamlet: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104733/
Using Kinect in SPACE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18250755
The Rains of Castamere:
References:
Music and emotion Retrieved 5/29/2012, 2012, from http://www.springerlink.com/content/j474w81j44172q57/fulltext.html
Benedek, M., & Kaernbach, C. (2011). Physiological correlates and emotional specificity of human piloerection Biological Psychology, doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.12.012
Nusbaum, E. C., & Silvia, P. J. (2010; 2011). Shivers and timbres: Personality and the experience of chills from music Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(2), 199 <last_page> 204. doi:10.1177/1948550610386810
Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Pantelidou, G., Rebacz, P., Västfjäll, D., & Tsakiris, M. (2011). I-space: The effects of emotional valence and source of music on interpersonal distance PLoS ONE, 6(10), 0; http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026083.
Vink, A. (2001). Music and emotion Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 10(2), 144 <last_page> 158. doi:10.1080/08098130109478028
Psycomedia 
It’s anecdotal, but Radiolab’s episode on music had some interesting stories which seem to suggest that it would be difficult to map a relation between particular features of music and human reactions. The first was the literally riotous response to the première of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (compared to it’s later more positive reception). The second was about a guy at a radio station who decided to listen to all the music, and after spending a few months listening to nothing but Gregorian chant happened to hear some horribly discordant piece of music that turned out to be JS Bach.