The Positive Emotional Impact of Sad Music
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1 min readNov 5, 2014
A newly published study revealed a surprising outcome: das music can have a positive impact on our emotions…
Music-evoked sadness can be appreciated not only as an aesthetic, abstract reward, but (it) also plays a role in well-being, by providing consolation as well as regulating negative moods and emotions.
I am going to listen to some Gorecki — Sorrowful Songs now…
Via [Pacific Standard]
