Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the effects that music would have on emotions when a song has lyrics and when it does not. It was hypothesized that if a song is played without lyrics then it will invoke a different emotion than if the exact same song with lyrics were played. There were a total of 70 participants who were recruited from the Human Subject Pool. After retrieving the data and observing the results, there was a correlation between emotions and songs played with lyrics and there was a different correlation of emotions with the songs played without lyrics. The conclusion was that songs with lyrics had a positive effect on human emotion.

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Kelsey and Dion, Mandy (2009) "The Power of the Beat Impacting Human Emotion," Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 9, Article 2.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/psych_journals/vol1/iss9/2