Thoughtscapes in music: An examination of thought types occurring during music listening across 17 genres

IF 1.6 3区心理学 0 MUSIC

Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI:10.1177/03057356251346654

Hazel A van der Walle, Wei Wu, Elizabeth H Margulis, Kelly Jakubowski

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Abstract

Music listening can evoke a wide range of thought types, including autobiographical memories, fictional stories, visual imagery, and mind-wandering. Previous studies have typically examined these thought types individually, which precludes investigation of why certain music evokes certain thought types over others. This study investigates the impact of musical genre, familiarity, enjoyment, contrast, and emotional expression on the occurrence of different thought types during music listening across 17 genres targeted towards UK and US listeners. We systematically selected 356 music excerpts and collected data from 701 participants from the United Kingdom and the United States, analysing the frequency of thoughts occurring during these excerpts and various excerpt ratings (e.g., familiarity, emotional expression). We found significant genre-specific effects on thought types, such as Film music primarily evoking media memories and fictional imaginings. Familiarity, contrast, enjoyment, valence, and arousal ratings all significantly influenced certain thought types, suggesting that both compositional features and one’s previous experiences of music affect listeners’ inner mental worlds. This study extends previous research by exploring a broader range of genres and musical features, offering new insights into the mental landscape of thoughts occurring during music listening.

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音乐中的思想景观：对17种类型的音乐聆听过程中出现的思想类型的检查

听音乐可以唤起广泛的思维类型，包括自传体记忆、虚构故事、视觉意象和走神。之前的研究通常是单独考察这些思维类型，这就排除了对为什么某些音乐会引起某些思维类型而不是其他音乐的调查。这项研究调查了音乐类型、熟悉程度、享受程度、对比和情感表达对不同思维类型发生的影响，研究对象为英国和美国的17种音乐类型的听众。我们系统地选择了356段音乐片段，并收集了来自英国和美国的701名参与者的数据，分析了这些片段中出现思想的频率以及各种片段评级（例如，熟悉度，情感表达）。我们发现，不同类型的音乐对思维类型有显著的影响，比如电影音乐主要唤起媒体记忆和虚构的想象。熟悉度、对比度、享受度、效价和唤醒等级都显著影响某些思维类型，这表明作曲特征和一个人以前的音乐经历都会影响听者的内心世界。这项研究扩展了先前的研究，探索了更广泛的流派和音乐特征，为听音乐时产生的思想的心理景观提供了新的见解。

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Psychology of Music Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.