music and emotions

[PsychToday] Listening to Music Ain’t a Simple Thing

February 14, 2013
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If you were one of the millions who watched the Superbowl halftime show last week, you likely had one of two reactions: You loved it. Or you hated it. You simply need to read the headlines to get a sense of the extreme reactions people had to her performance. Some called it electric and thrilling. […]

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[PsychToday] “Silent Night” Won’t Be the Same For Me

December 22, 2012

I don’t often cry when listening to music. Don’t get me wrong—music touches me deeply.  I get chills and experience a range of emotions. I dance when I turn on the new country station, my heart feels lighter as I sing along to holiday music, and I feel goosebumps when listening to Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto […]

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Defining Emotion Regulation

June 7, 2012
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Last week, I wrote about the importance of clear writing and talking when making a concept easy to understand. This week, I will put it into practice. I am struggling with clearly defining, writing, and talking about my research interest: the effect of music on emotion regulation. The first hurdle is to define “emotion regulation” […]

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Book Review: Why We Like Music

December 7, 2011
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I am super-excited to share with you a book recently introduced to me: Why We Like Music: Ear, Emotion, Evolution. The book was originally published in Italy about 5 years. It has been translated into English by Stephen Thomson Moore and released just two months ago by New World Media. Here’s the short version of […]

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The Daily Blog 07/14/2009

July 14, 2009

Anyone who has ever been on vacation knows that it takes time to both prepare for your departure and to transition back to work. As it is for me right now. And in that spirit of trying to catch up with everything domestic and professional, I have decided that, instead of the knowledgeable, rich, thought-provoking […]

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