Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)

Publication Date

Spring 4-18-2024

College

Sciences and Mathematics, College of

Department

Psychological Science, Department of

BURS Faculty Advisor

Michael Oliver

Presentation Type

Oral Presentation

Abstract

Existing research indicates that music can alter the visual perception of emotion, such as negative moods followed sad music and positive moods followed happy music (Jolij & Meurs, 2011). Furthermore, different genres of music over film have an impact on the perception of the viewer, specifically attention level (Y. Kwon et al., 2022) and likeability or connection of film characters (Hoeckner, B et al., 2011). While evidence has shown that there are physiological effects of different genres of music (i.e. rock, jazz, classical) (K. Whiteford et al. 2018) (Grewe, O. et al, 2007), there is a gap in the literature exploring how a viewer’s perception changes based on music. Thus, the purpose of the current project is to explore how one’s emotional perception of a film scene changes when no music, intense music, and calm music is present (i.e., when intense music is playing, will a participant view the scene as being more angry or peaceful).

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