TY - JOUR
T1 - Music-enhanced recall: an effect of mood congruence, emotion arousal or emotion function?
AU - Tesoriero, Michael John
AU - Rickard, Nikki Sue
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The aim of this study was to determine
the most informative framework to understand the effect of emotion-inducing music on the short-term
recall of information about narratives. Ninety-five participants (range = 18-58 years) were randomly
allocated to one of four groups differentiated by the type of music presented to them, which was either
happy (n = 26), sad (n = 19), fearful (n = 25), or calm (n = 25). Participants listened to music, followed
by a positively or negatively emotionally-valenced narrative, and free recall of the narrative was tested
approximately five minutes later. The results provided strongest support for the mood congruence theory
in this context. After exposure to positive music, recall of positive information was significantly greater than recall of negative information.
AB - The aim of this study was to determine
the most informative framework to understand the effect of emotion-inducing music on the short-term
recall of information about narratives. Ninety-five participants (range = 18-58 years) were randomly
allocated to one of four groups differentiated by the type of music presented to them, which was either
happy (n = 26), sad (n = 19), fearful (n = 25), or calm (n = 25). Participants listened to music, followed
by a positively or negatively emotionally-valenced narrative, and free recall of the narrative was tested
approximately five minutes later. The results provided strongest support for the mood congruence theory
in this context. After exposure to positive music, recall of positive information was significantly greater than recall of negative information.
UR - http://msx.sagepub.com/content/16/3/340.full.pdf
U2 - 10.1177/1029864912459046
DO - 10.1177/1029864912459046
M3 - Article
SN - 1029-8649
VL - 16
SP - 340
EP - 356
JO - Musicae Scientiae
JF - Musicae Scientiae
IS - 3
ER -