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Emotional Dimensions of Music and Painting and their Interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2015

J. J. Campos-Bueno ,
O. DeJuan-Ayala ,
Pedro Montoya  and
N. Birbaumer
J. J. Campos-Bueno*
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
O. DeJuan-Ayala
Affiliation:
Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Alicante (Spain)
Pedro Montoya
Affiliation:
Universitat Illes Balears (Spain)
N. Birbaumer
Affiliation:
University of Tübingen (Germany) Ospedale San Camillo (Italy)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to J. J. Campos-Bueno. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad Complutense, Campus de Somosaguas. 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid. (Spain). E-mail: jjcampos@psi.ucm.es
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Abstract

Usually it is accepted that human manifestations such as music or painting share a common artistic trait. However, very little is known about the genetic, behavioral, developmental and neurobiological basis of such a musical-pictorial “universal”. In an attempt to approach commonalities and differences between the psychology of music and pictorial art in Experiment 1 we investigated the emotional dimensions valence and arousal in a large sample (N =156, M age = 21,44 years, SD = 3,89 years, range = 16–35 years) using a representative selection of musical and pictorial artistic stimuli. We found a stronger variability of valence and arousal with paintings and stronger effects of music on valence. In Experiment 2 (N =202, M age = 21,35 years, SD = 3,57 years, range = 16–35 years) we present first quantitative data on the interaction between the two artistic categories of stimuli on a behavioral level, again observing effects of pictorial art and music on valence and arousal. Furthermore in Experiment 2 we replicated a more pronounced effect of music on the valence of pictures, particularly on positive valence the results of the ANOVA showed an increase in group A2: F(1, 120) = 6.23, p < .05, in group C2: F(1, 120) = 89.03, p < .001, and a surprisingly emotionally negative influence of pleasant paintings on the positive valence of music, group A1: F(1, 127) = 19.69, p < .001. Despite the unresolved problem of non-representativeness of the stimuli and the sample selected these results may suggest superior emotional “power” of music over painting.

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emotional responsesvalencearousalart universalsmusicpainting

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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 18 , 2015 , E54
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2015 

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