Context effects on tempo and pleasantness judgments for Beatles songs

Rashotte, Matthew A.; Wedell, Douglas H.

doi:10.3758/s13414-011-0255-y

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“…These results parallel data drawn from the perception literature; people generally choose slightly slower tempi of fast examples and slightly faster tempos for slow examples (Geringer, 2010; Rashotte & Wedell, 2012, 2014; Yarbrough, 1987). Compared with the listening preference responses in Study 1 for faster examples, tapping performance results were parallel for “Chaconne”; participants in both groups tapped faster than the baseline tempo.…”

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Effects of Experience on Tempo Preference for Selected Wind Band Masterworks

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Geringer

Parisi

2020

Journal of Research in Music Education

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We conducted two studies to complement extant tempo preference work. In Study 1, we explored preferred tempos for excerpts from selected wind band masterworks of band directors and undergraduate instrumental music majors. Participants used a sort-and-rank procedure to indicate tempo preferences of six excerpts. Preferences for four of the pieces were substantially the same: There was no difference between original tempos and the 6% increase in tempo. These results comport with research showing increased preference for faster tempos. For the other two excerpts, listeners preferred original and decreased tempos. These results parallel earlier research showing that pieces heard as already fast were preferred with slightly slower tempi. However, in one example, music majors preferred the faster tempi, demonstrating that when examples are unfamiliar, faster tempi are preferred. In Study 2, collegiate and secondary school band directors tapped preferred tempi of four works used in Study 1. Results agree with extant literature: Regression to moderate tempi was demonstrated by participants. Conductors tapped slow examples faster and fast examples slower relative to expert baselines. Tapping performance preferences were consistent with the listening preference task. Awareness of these inclinations may inform musical decisions made by students and band directors when rehearsing and conducting.

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“…Results agree with extant literature; a regression to more moderate tempi was demonstrated by most participants (cf. Geringer, 2010; Rashotte & Wedell, 2012, 2014). Participants in Study 2 who provided tapping wanted slow examples to be faster and fast examples to be slower.…”

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Effects of Experience on Tempo Preference for Selected Wind Band Masterworks

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Geringer

Parisi

2020

Journal of Research in Music Education

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“…The unidimensional representation implies that stimuli at opposite ends of the dimension are mutually exclusive, such that any degree of pleasantness is assumed to preclude unpleasantness and vice versa (Russell and Carroll, 1999), a proposal that has also received experimental support from several behavioral studies (Harris, 1929;Carroll et al, 1999;Zellner et al, 2003Zellner et al, , 2006Rashotte and Wedell, 2012). Our findings showing stronger correlations between ensemble patterns for perceptually similar odors, which decrease monotonically for perceptually dissimilar odors, imply that unpleasant and pleasant valence cannot coexist (be represented simultaneously) in the amygdala at the level of fMRI ensemble codes because pattern overlap of these two valence extremes would obscure their unique content.…”

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Human Amygdala Represents the Complete Spectrum of Subjective Valence

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Although the amygdala is a major locus for hedonic processing, how it encodes valence information is poorly understood. Given the hedonic potency of odor stimuli and the amygdala's anatomical proximity to the peripheral olfactory system, we combined highresolution fMRI with pattern-based multivariate techniques to examine how valence information is encoded in the amygdala. Ten human subjects underwent fMRI scanning while smelling 9 odorants that systematically varied in perceived valence. Representational similarity analyses showed that amygdala codes the entire dimension of valence, ranging from pleasantness to unpleasantness. This unidimensional representation significantly correlated with self-reported valence ratings but not with intensity ratings. Furthermore, within-trial valence representations evolved over time, prioritizing earlier differentiation of unpleasant stimuli. Together, these findings underscore the idea that both spatial and temporal features uniquely encode pleasant and unpleasant odor valence in the amygdala. The availability of a unidimensional valence code in the amygdala, distributed in both space and time, would create greater flexibility in determining the pleasantness or unpleasantness of stimuli, providing a mechanism by which expectation, context, attention, and learning could influence affective boundaries for guiding behavior.

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“…They found that perceived pleasantness followed a singlepeaked function, with moderate tempi rated as the most pleasant while extremely fast and extremely slow tempi were rated the least pleasant. This single-peaked form was found across contexts and song familiarity levels, although the peak of the function shifted with tempo context and this shift was reduced for the more familiar songs (Rashotte & Wedell, 2012, 2014. There are several methodological differences between the Webster and Weir (2005) and Wedell (2012, 2014) studies, but a key difference may be in the measure of valence.…”

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“…The focus of the present study was on musical tempo, which can be digitally altered with minimal disturbance to other features of the music (Rashotte & Wedell, 2012) and which has implications for behavioral and physiological effects. Our study is based upon the theory of core affect (Russell & Barrett, 1999), according to which affective responses vary primarily along two dimensions.…”

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Effects of manipulating the tempo of popular songs on behavioral and physiological responses

Kim

Strohbach

Wedell

2018

Psychology of Music

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This study examined behavioral and physiological responses to manipulations of the tempo of popular music. Four familiar pop songs were manipulated at nine levels of tempo (four slower and four faster) to induce affective changes reflected in liking ratings and physiological responses. As hypothesized, there was a significant quadratic relationship between liking ratings and tempo manipulation, with liking decreasing with greater slowing or speeding up from the original tempo. A corresponding relationship between electromyography responses and tempo for the corrugator supercilii was observed and interpreted as reflecting valence differences. A quadratic relationship between cardiac inter-beat interval and tempo indicated increased attention to deviations of tempo from the norm. A positive linear relationship between skin conductance and tempo was interpreted as reflecting increased arousal with tempo. Behavioral and physiological individual difference measures were also collected. Resting-state heart rate variability (HRV) was positively correlated with variability of cardiac activity during the task, suggesting that high HRV groups may be more adaptive to their environment. Individual differences in the Affect Intensity Measure (AIM) correlated with some aspects of the behavioral ratings. This is the first study to demonstrate how changes in attitudes toward the music associated with tempo manipulations are reflected in physiological measures.

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Context effects on tempo and pleasantness judgments for Beatles songs

Cited by 8 publications

References 41 publications

Effects of Experience on Tempo Preference for Selected Wind Band Masterworks

Effects of Experience on Tempo Preference for Selected Wind Band Masterworks

Human Amygdala Represents the Complete Spectrum of Subjective Valence

Effects of manipulating the tempo of popular songs on behavioral and physiological responses

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