Key processing precedes emotional categorization of Western music
Category
Journal Article
Authors
Filipic, S., Bigand, E.
Year
2005
Title
Key processing precedes emotional categorization of Western music
Journal / book / conference
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Abstract
To investigate whether key processing precedes the appraisal of valence in music, participants listened to pairs of clips of same or different valence, played either in the same key or one semitone apart. They judged whether the second clip expressed the same emotion as the first one. Our predictions were confirmed: the response times obtained were shorter when both clips were played in the same key than when they were played one semitone apart.
Volume
1060
Pages
443-445