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Music And Mood Regulation: The Effect Of Upbeat Music On Moods, Abiola Adebayo
Music And Mood Regulation: The Effect Of Upbeat Music On Moods, Abiola Adebayo
Student Academic Conference
Research suggests that emotional regulation plays a vital role in mental and physical health and that music is often used for mood regulation. This research explored how music is used for mood regulation and the general effect of music on moods. This study examined the adaptive and maladaptive use of music for mood regulation. Two groups of participants were used; half of the participants were randomly assigned to melancholy music, and the other half were randomly assigned to upbeat music. A questionnaire containing The Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) was used to measure current mood states before and after …
Antagonistic Pleiotropy In Alzheimer's Disease, Annie Hollis
Antagonistic Pleiotropy In Alzheimer's Disease, Annie Hollis
Undergraduate Research Conference
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele has been linked with Alzheimer’s disease; specifically having two copies of the APOE ε4 allele greatly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in older age. Studies have attempted to relate an antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis to this gene, i.e., the ε4 allele has positive effects on cognition and memory in early life and negative effects later in life. Many of these studies have had several limitations and conflicting results, such as testing adults in upper middle age or comparing the absence of the ε4 allele with the presence of at least one ε4 allele. Studies …