A5010251460- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Music Therapy and Health
- Diverse Music Education Insights
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Media Influence and Health
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Physical Education and Training Studies
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
University of Lincoln
2019-2023
De Montfort University
2016-2019
University of Kent
2014
University of Limerick
2011-2013
Choosing to listen self-identified sad music after experiencing negative psychological circumstances seems paradoxical given the commonly-held view that people are motivated seek a positive affective state when distressed. We examined motivations described they identified as sad, particularly circumstances, and self-reported effects of this activity. asked adults respond an online survey analyzed their narrative reports using modified grounded theory approach. Responses were received from 65...
Adults’ ( N = 220) reported motivations for listening to sad music after experiencing adverse negative circumstances were examined by exploring how their selection strategies related (a) self-regulatory goals, and (b) effects of listening. The strategies, on the achievement mood enhancement also explored using a retrospective survey design. findings indicate that choice is linked individual’s identified goals expected effects. Additionally, results show if individuals had intended achieve...
Self-identified sad music (SISM) is often listened to when experiencing life situations. Research indicates that the most common reason people give for listening SISM “to be in touch with or express feelings of sadness”. But why might this case? We suggest one choose listen feeling accept aversive tested if associated acceptance coping and consolation. hypothesized relates acceptance-based via recognition identification emotional states, will report more from than self- identified happy...
Even though music is widely used as a source of solace, the question to how and why offers consolation remains largely unexplored. The aims present study are follows: (a) compare listening versus other self-soothing behaviors, (b) explore when means for (c) identify aspects that important providing (d) behavior while consoling music. Participants completed an internet survey distributed through websites Dutch National Radio 2 4 ( N = 445). consisted Geneva Emotion Music Scale (GEMS),...
Abstract Encountering stimuli that violate expectations can elicit compensatory behavior. One notable result of such responses is the derogation outgroups. The present research investigated for first time if music defies fosters In Study 1, exposure to unconventional relative conventional increased wagers placed in favor an ingroup winning a hypothetical rugby match against outgroup. extension this finding, 2 revealed led lower allocated budgets support minority. 3 confirmed harsher...
Practicing sports, as well physical activity in general, contributes to a healthy lifestyle, helps prevent numerous chronic diseases, and plays therapeutic role addressing number of cognitive psychological disorders (such depression, distorted body image self-perception, low self-esteem). As regards students, freshmen with higher capabilities can better adapt new college environment, which turn influences their well-being, state ability study. The aim our study was detect the level emotional...
Emotions play an important role in overeating, yet there is little research looking at practical strategies to reduce overeating response a negative mood. In three different experimental studies, we tested if exposure music can food consumption Female undergraduates (N = 120-121 each study) completed measure of emotional eating and reported baseline hunger. Mood ratings were taken baseline, post-mood induction post-eating. All participants given mood (sadness for study 1, stress studies 2 3)...
This research examines adults’ reported motivations for listening to music that they enjoy ironically using Thematic Analysis. Based on the pilot study ( N = 96), ironically-enjoyed was defined as “Music is enjoyed because of being bad, despite or different reasons than intended.” Many relevant self-regulatory functions in general were main 175). Ironic enjoyment also has unique characteristics: additional role mocking, ridiculing, and laughing at music, social benefit this provides. Music...
Athletes engaged in high-risk sports (skydiving, hang-gliding, paragliding, microlighting, and rock climbing)will confront significantly higher levels of stress. The purpose our study is to define the individual psychological characteristics that determine stress resistance inherent climbers - sportsmenfacing high risks. 60 climbers from Kyiv branch Federation Mountaineering Climbing climbing section the National Aviation University (26 women 34 men, aged 18 30 years old, Mage= 24, SD =...
Emotional Eating (EE) is understood as a maladaptive self-regulation strategy to satisfy emotional needs instead of hunger. Consequently, EE has been associated with negative health consequences. Enjoyment food and music share similar neural activations in the brain are both used by people for regulating affect. This suggests that listening could potentially be healthier alternative EE. The present study was designed investigate associations between EE, disordered mood, music-related mood...
This study aimed to extend studies that have looked at snack food consumption following a negative mood induction, and examine whether listening happy song would counteract these effects in children. A second aim was parental feeding practices (use of as reward the use regulate emotions) child Body Mass Index (BMI) moderate any differences. Eighty 5-7-year-old children took part induction were then assigned either music condition or silent control condition. The weight (g) consumed four...
Ironic enjoyment occurs when people enjoy music despite or because of it being evaluated as bad. Although initial qualitative results suggest that this phenomenon fulfills a variety self-regulatory functions are also found in enjoyed music, to date no research has experimentally tested how important these ironically comparison naturally music. In two between-subjects experiments, participants ( N = 216 and 143) were instructed think back recent occasion which they listened piece either...
Abstract The aim of the present study was changes in antidepressant-like responses to Vitamin D 3 (VD ) supplementation three different doses (1.0, 2.5, and 5.0 mg/kg, s.c.) long-term ovariectomized (OVX) rats treated with low dose 17β-E 2 (0.5 μg/rat, during chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). Sucrose preference (SPT), forced swimming (FST), open-field (OFT) tests were administered measure depression-like behavior. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), serotonine (5-HT)...
This study examines language-specific characteristics of the electric activity in bilinguals’ brains. The aim this was to evaluate functional connectivity related perception verbal information different languages. Increasing synchronization gamma band detected association regions left hemisphere during Russian sonnets, alongside with interhemispheric coherence. increase exclusively observed as case English and Ukrainian sonnets. Increase coherence shown lateral medial supplementary motor...
Disciplinary background A. Emotion regulation researchEmotion describes measures taken to influence one's emotional state (Gross, 2002).Recent research not only investigates how people want regulate their emotions, but also why they wish do so (Tamir, 2016).Negative like sadness and anger, can be useful in specific situations, may the goal of mood 2016).Certain social rituals for example, ask experience or expression certain emotions facilitate participation, feeling connected with...