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Electrodermal Activity During Dissonant Music In Musicians And Non-Musicians, Joshua Chapin
Electrodermal Activity During Dissonant Music In Musicians And Non-Musicians, Joshua Chapin
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to investigate the subjective emotional and physiological responses to consonant and dissonant music excerpts in musicians and non-musicians. Participants were assigned to one of two groups, high experience (HE) or low experience (LE) based on their level of music experience and education. Participants from both groups listened to the same set of randomized musical excerpts half of which were consonant and half of which were dissonant. Participants self-reported ratings of perceived pleasantness, as well as Electromyography (EMG) and Electrodermal Activity (EDA) data were collected. Average Skin Conductance Responses (SCR) were averaged over all trials …
Emotional Responses To Musical Dissonance In Musicians And Nonmusicians, Rebecca Joan Bumgarner
Emotional Responses To Musical Dissonance In Musicians And Nonmusicians, Rebecca Joan Bumgarner
Masters Theses
The purpose of this project was to investigate the influence of music education on individuals’ subjective and physiological responses to consonant and dissonant excerpts. Participants were categorized as having high experience (HE) or low experience (LE) in music education. Participants listened to 40 randomized excerpts of music, half of which were consonant, the other half dissonant. Electrodermal Activity (EDA) and Facial Electromyography (EMG) data were collected for each participant, as well as self-reports of perceived pleasantness for each excerpt. It was expected that HE participants “learned” dissonance through music education, and therefore would respond more strongly to dissonant excerpts. As …