title: An examination of cue redundancy theory in cross-cultural decoding of emotions in music.
abstract: The present study investigated the effects of structural features of music (i.e., variations in tempo, loudness, or articulation, etc.) and cultural and learning factors in the assignments of emotional meaning in music. Four participant groups, young Koreans, young Americans, older Koreans, and older Americans, rated emotional expressions of Korean folksongs with three adjective scales: happiness, sadness and anger. The results of the study are in accordance with the Cue Redundancy model of emotional perception in music, indicating that expressive music embodies both universal auditory cues that communicate the emotional meanings of music across cultures and cultural specific cues that result from cultural convention.
authors.affiliation: Maryville University.
authors.forename: Soo-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kwoun
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003463:Cues; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult