The influence of social situations on music listening.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether listening to music in a group setting influenced the emotion felt by the listeners. We hypothesized that individuals hearing music in a group would experience more intense emotions than the same individuals hearing the same music on their own. The emotional reactions to 10 musical excerpts (previously shown to contain chill-inducing psychoacoustic parameters) were measured in a within-subjects design. We found, contrary to our hypothesis, that the participants (all musicians) did not experience more chills when listening to music in a group than when listening alone. These findings may be explained by a lesser degree of concentration on the music in the group condition.
Sutherland
Mary Elizabeth
ME
Hanover University of Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany. mary.e.sutherland@gmail.com
Grewe
Oliver
O
Egermann
Hauke
H
Nagel
Frederik
F
Kopiez
Reinhard
R
Altenmüller
Eckart
E
D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*