Sad Music and Depression
Researchers asked participants to listen to music clips such as Jacques Offenbach’s exuberant “Infernal Galop” and Samuel Barber’s melancholic Adagio for Strings; participants with depression preferred listening to sad music more than happy tunes. Sad music may provide psychological rewards like understanding feelings, savoring emotions, emotional communion and comfort – findings which could inform music […]
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