Setting the Mood: Throughout History and in the Modern Day

Sandra Garrido; Jane W. Davidson

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02556-4_5

Setting the Mood: Throughout History and in the Modern Day

Sandra Garrido, Jane W. Davidson

MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development

University of Melbourne

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Music is one of the most effective methods of regulating moods and has been recognized as such from as early as the Ancient Greeks. This chapter considers the historical use of music to manipulate moods and emotions in both political and medical contexts. Its use in modern times as a form of mood-altering ‘self-medication’ is also discussed. Our emotional response to music influences both how we use music to modify our affective states and how particular pieces of music come to take on meaning in our lives. Thus, as illustrated in this chapter, the power of music to influence mood and affective states works hand-in-hand with nostalgia and memory in shaping our musical choices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	79-98
Number of pages	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02556-4_5
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
ISSN (Print)	2634-6257
ISSN (Electronic)	2634-6265

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