Context is one of the key parameters influencing music emotion perception in listeners. The current study systematically investigates the influence of immediate intrinsic musical context on the perception of music-evoked emotions. Four dominantly happy and four dominantly sad Hindustani classical music excerpts were chosen and rated for perceived emotions in two types of listening experiments. In the first experiment, baseline ratings of these excerpts were collected from general participants to establish the emotions perceived without any influence. In the second experiment, pairs of excerpts were presented in succession, without any breaks, and rated continuously for perceived emotions. The perceived emotion responses for the second excerpt in the pair were considered for possible influence by the preceding music excerpt. The baseline and influenced ratings were compared to understand the effect of immediate intrinsic musical context—the first excerpt in this case—on emotion perception. Significant differences in terms of intensity of perceived emotions were found between baseline and influenced conditions for both happy and sad excerpts, either in the form of changes in perceived dominant emotion or in perceived nuance, and this phenomenon was termed intra-contextual influence. The results reflect the importance of immediate intrinsic musical context on emotion perception of musical excerpts and might be used to understand music semantics better.

Sanga Chaki

Priyadarshi Patnaik

Junmoni Borgohain

Raju Mullick

Gouri Karambelkar

Sourangshu Bhattacharya

Psychology of Music

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.

Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers in the fields of music psychology and music education, aiming to encourage the exchange of ideas and disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers that enhance the scientific understanding of various psychological aspects of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorizing, analyzing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal, and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies conducted in naturalistic settings, particularly those addressing the interface between music psychology and music education.

《Psychology of Music》与SEMPRE共同为音乐心理学和音乐教育领域的研究者提供国际论坛，旨在促进思想交流和研究成果的传播。《Psychology of Music》发表经过同行评审的论文，旨在增进对音乐心理学各个方面的科学理解。这些研究包括听觉、表演、创作、记忆、分析、描述、学习和教学等方面的研究，以及应用于社会、发展、态度和治疗的研究。特别强调在自然环境中进行的研究，尤其是那些探讨音乐心理学与音乐教育之间关系的研究。

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心理学	3
心理学, 音乐	2
心理学, 心理学应用	4
心理学, 心理学教育	4
心理学, 心理学实验	4

Exploring intra-contextual influences in music emotion perception

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