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(1) Research Question – How does music influence emotions/feelings? (2) Title: EMOTION REGULARTION THROUGH LISTENING TO MUSIC IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS (3) Author: Myriam V. Thoma, Stefan Ryf, Changiz Mohiyeddini, Ulrike Ehlert, and Urs M. Nater; Organization: Psychology Press (4) [] (5) I accessed this database source on Friday night. (6) SOAPSTone – S peaker : Myriam V. Thoma, Stefan Ryf, Changiz Mohiyeddini, Ulrike Ehlert, and Urs M. Nater; scientists; researchers; fans of music; psychologists O ccasion : Researching emotion regulation; emotion-eliciting activities; understanding the effects of music A udience : Bands; musicians; scientists; psychologists; researchers; people who listen to music P urpose : Explain how music affects/influences one’s emotions and feelings; explains that music can be used for therapy to improve moods; effects of listening to music S ubject : Music; psychological affects on the nervous system; emotional regulation Tone: Formal, informative, knowledgeable, understanding (7) Abstract – “Music is a stimulus capable of triggering an array of basic and complex emotions. We investigated whether and how individuals employ music to induce specific emotional states in everyday situations for the purpose of emotion regulation.” (8) Music has a powerful and therapeutic effect on one’s emotions. (9) I am extremely persuaded by this source since it provides numerous studies and explanations that supports the claim made. (10) Key sentences and passages –
 * “Based on this knowledge, music might be more systematically used in therapeutic settings, thus enhancing its clinical relevance.”
 * “Music is a stimulus capable of triggering an array of basic and complex emotions.”
 * “Our findings demonstrate emotion-congruent music selection and highlight the important role of specific emotion-regulation styles in the selection of music in everyday situations.
 * “It may be therefore assumed that listeners use music in order to regulate current emotional states. Emotion regulation may be best described as a ‘ . . . process by which individuals influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and how they experience and express these emotions’ ”

(1) Research Question – How does music influence emotions/feelings? (2) Title: **MUSIC & EMOTION**: WHY DO SAD SONGS MAKE US CRY? (3) Author: Aaron Millar (4) [|http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=2&sid=4ba5c499-f13e-4e32-b65f-7797a1db2f1a%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4109&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=fth&AN=90117710] (5) I accessed this database source on Friday night. (6) SOAPSTone – S peaker : Aaron Millar; scientists; researchers; psychologists; musicians; songwriters; Dr. Alexandra Lamon; Schopenhauer O ccasion : Musical therapy; emotion-eliciting activities; understanding the effects of music; listening to music; writing a song; emotional regulation A udience : Songwriters; musicians; scientists; psychologists; researchers; people who listen to music; fans of music P urpose : Influence of music; different generations/eras of music; demonstrate the how music represents personality; effect of music on one’s mood; effects of listening to music; influence of childhood on musical preferences; explain unique song selections S ubject : Music; psychological affects of music; emotional regulation; eras of musical preferences Tone: Objective, informative, knowledgeable, matter-of-fact, reflective, critical (7) The source explains how everyone is affected by music in a different way, mainly based on his or her upbringing. Additionally, music has an overall effect on the brain that varies from person to person. (8) The effects of a particular piece of music are all reliant on the songs melody and rhythm. (9) I agree with this source as it states how the beat of a song can clearly impact one’s emotions. In addition, the experiments mentioned state that multitudes of people from different backgrounds are affected in the same way by a piece of music, for example, the theme song from Jaws. (10) Key sentences and passages –
 * “The philosopher Schopenhauer wrote, ‘The inexpressible depth of music is due to the fact that it reproduces all the emotions of our innermost being.’ It speaks to the deepest parts of ourselves and allows us to explore what it means to be human: to hear an echo of the confusion, complexity, and joy of our emotional lives.”
 * “Songwriters play with this fact to create emotional impact. Dr. Alexandra Lamont, a senior lecturer at Keele University in the United Kingdom and editor of the academic journal Psychology of Music says, ‘Expectancy is one of the most interesting ways music creates an emotional response. It has to do with where we think the music is going next and if it goes where we expect it to or not -- like when a beat finally gets dropped in after a lot of build-up.’ ”
 * “Modern music therapists use this knowledge to exercise damaged parts of the brain that patients can't access in any other way. Listening to the rhythm of music turns on movement areas of the brain, and this has helped people with Parkinson's disease become more mobile.”
 * “On top of this, Lamont says, ‘Some responses to music can vary even for the same person from day to day, depending on what frame of mind we're in and what we're doing at the time.’ ”