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Effects of mood induction via music on cardiovascular measures of negative emotion during simulated driving
- Source :
- Physiology & Behavior, 129, 173-180. Elsevier
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2014.
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Abstract
- A study was conducted to investigate the potential of mood induction via music to influence cardiovascular correlates of negative emotions experience during driving behaviour. One hundred participants were randomly assigned to one of five groups, four of whom experienced different categories of music: High activation/positive valence (HA/PV), high activation/negative valence (HA/NV), low activation/positive valence (LA/PV) and low activation/negative valence (LA/NV). Following exposure to their respective categories of music, participants were required to complete a simulated driving journey with a fixed time schedule. Negative emotion was induced via exposure to stationary traffic during the simulated route. Cardiovascular reactivity was measured via blood pressure, heart rate and cardiovascular impedance. Subjective self-assessment of anger and mood was also recorded. Results indicated that low activation music, regardless of valence, reduced systolic reactivity during the simulated journey relative to HA/NV music and the control (no music) condition. Self-reported data indicated that participants were not consciously aware of any influence of music on their subjective mood. It is concluded that cardiovascular reactivity to negative mood may be mediated by the emotional properties of music.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Automobile Driving
Time Factors
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Emotions
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Blood Pressure
Audiology
Anger
behavioral disciplines and activities
Developmental psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience
User-Computer Interface
Young Adult
Heart Rate
Surveys and Questionnaires
Heart rate
medicine
Humans
Valence (psychology)
media_common
Hemodynamics
High activation
humanities
Negative mood
Affect
Mood
Mood induction
Female
Self Report
Psychology
Negative emotion
human activities
Music
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00319384
- Volume :
- 129
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physiology & Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....029c4f38002072f5e5af1d55dea9d074