Subject: Re: Music, emotion, memory of passages and content analysis (LSA) From: Aki Pasoulas <pasoulas@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:19:29 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--0-1621196569-1235737169=:48764 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Daniel,=0A=0AYou seem to take the idea that music can be "happy" or "sad= " for granted, without questioning it. IMO, before continuing with your ana= lysis, you must research and define each level of your study carefully.=0A= =0ABest=0A=0AAki=0A=0A=0A___________________________=0Ahttp://www.geocities= ..com/pasoulas=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Daniel La= dwig <clarinetbuddy8@xxxxxxxx>=0ATo: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx=0ASent: Frid= ay, 27 February, 2009 8:33:12=0ASubject: [AUDITORY] Music, emotion, memory = of passages and content analysis (LSA)=0A=0A=0AHello, I have an psychology = honors research project which as never been done or published before. None = that I can find anyway.=0A=0APeople have always done studies proving that h= appy and sad music can effect emotion and memory in different ways. They ha= ve the people look at a list of word lists and try to memorize them. They s= ay, if a person is listening to happy music, they will recall the happy wor= ds more than the sad words. It would just be the oppsite for people who lis= ten to sad music. =0AThis study has been done a lot and it pretty straight = forward that those different emotions would influence the memory of words t= hat portray them. The other thing, is that people have a easier time guessi= ng the words and having better accuracy. A word list is not very significan= t because it does not deal with real life events and has little variation. = =0A=0AI would like to take the study up a notch. I would still have the peo= ple listen to happy and sad music. Other than using word lists, I would giv= e them a paragraph passage to read.The passage would contain words that wou= ld trigger certain ideas or feelingss that would be considered happy or sad= emotions. =0AFor example, "Johnny went with his friend Jennifer to the ice= cream store. Chocolate was Johnnys favorite flavor. While Johhny was walki= ng on the sidewalk licking his ice cream at the same time, he tripped over = a rock and the ice cream fell to the ground. Jennifer agreed to buy Johnny = another ice cream because she cares for him a lot." =0AThat was just an exa= mple, but it would be very harder for students to remember certain words wi= thout being effected by the emotion of words and influence by the type of m= usic in the background. =0AI mainly want to find out if students can recall= happy words while listening to happy music and also students who recall sa= d words within passages while listening to sad music. Mainly want to see ho= w accurret they can be and if music does effect their emotions and memory.= =0A=0AOne other thing I want to add, I want to use CONTENT ANALYSIS to anal= ysis what were the keywords that often showed up in the passage and how clo= se related they were when it comes to certain emotion cues. =0ABut the thin= g is, I don't know much content analysis or (LSA), so if everybody know a l= ot about it or knows any good sites where I can find some good interactive = content analysis programs that can analyze passages let me know.=0A=0APleas= e let me know what think about the project and share any advice about conte= nt analysis or (LSA). =0A=0AThank you and I hope to hear some suggestions.= =0A=0A~D Ladwig=0A=0A=0A --0-1621196569-1235737169=:48764 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><style type=3D"text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></he= ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size= :10pt"><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"= >Hi Daniel,</p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px He= lvetica"><br></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px = Helvetica">You seem to take the idea that music can be "happy" or "sad" for= granted, without questioning it. IMO, before continuing with your analysis= , you must research and define each level of your study carefully.</p><p st= yle=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Best</p><= p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p= ><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Aki</= p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br>= </p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p>= <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">______= _____________________</p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font:= 12.0px Helvetica">http://www.geocities.com/pasoulas</p><div style=3D"font-= family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style=3D"fon= t-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size= =3D"2" face=3D"Tahoma"><hr size=3D"1"><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;"= >From:</span></b> Daniel Ladwig <clarinetbuddy8@xxxxxxxx><br><b><span s= tyle=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br><b><= span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 27 February, 200= 9 8:33:12<br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [AUD= ITORY] Music, emotion, memory of passages and content analysis (LSA)<br></f= ont><br><table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tbody><tr>= <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"font:inherit;">Hello, I have an psychology honors research projec= t which as never been done or published before. None that I can find anyway= ..<br><br>People have always done studies proving that happy and sad music c= an effect emotion and memory in different ways. They have the people look a= t a list of word lists and try to memorize them. They say, if a person is l= istening to happy music, they will recall the happy words more than the sad= words. It would just be the oppsite for people who listen to sad music. <b= r>This study has been done a lot and it pretty straight forward that those = different emotions would influence the memory of words that portray them. T= he other thing, is that people have a easier time guessing the words and ha= ving better accuracy. A word list is not very significant because it does n= ot deal with real life events and has little variation. <br><br>I would=0A = like to take the study up a notch. I would still have the people listen to = happy and sad music. Other than using word lists, I would give them a parag= raph passage to read.The passage would contain words that would trigger cer= tain ideas or feelingss that would be considered happy or sad emotions. <br= >For example, "Johnny went with his friend Jennifer to the ice cream store.= Chocolate was Johnnys favorite flavor. While Johhny was walking on the sid= ewalk licking his ice cream at the same time, he tripped over a rock and th= e ice cream fell to the ground. Jennifer agreed to buy Johnny another ice c= ream because she cares for him a lot." <br>That was just an example, but it= would be very harder for students to remember certain words without being = effected by the emotion of words and influence by the type of music in the = background. <br>I mainly want to find out if students can recall happy word= s while listening to happy music and also students who recall sad=0A words = within passages while listening to sad music. Mainly want to see how accurr= et they can be and if music does effect their emotions and memory.<br><br>O= ne other thing I want to add, I want to use CONTENT ANALYSIS to analysis wh= at were the keywords that often showed up in the passage and how close rela= ted they were when it comes to certain emotion cues. <br>But the thing is, = I don't know much content analysis or (LSA), so if everybody know a lot abo= ut it or knows any good sites where I can find some good interactive conten= t analysis programs that can analyze passages let me know.<br><br>Please le= t me know what think about the project and share any advice about content a= nalysis or (LSA). <br><br>Thank you and I hope to hear some suggestions.<br= ><br>~D Ladwig<br></td></tr></tbody></table><br>=0A=0A </div></div><di= v style=3D"position:fixed"></div></div><br>=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A </body></ht= ml> --0-1621196569-1235737169=:48764--