Affective priming effects of musical sounds on the processing of word meaning - Sound examples and experimental design
Design of
the affective priming paradigm. Chords are used as primes and words as
targets. To test whether certain musical features are capable of
conveying meaning information, chords are varied along affective
dimensions of the musical feature under investigation (Experiment 1:
consonance / dissonance; Experiment 2: major / minor; Experiment 3:
timbre).
Click on the links for sound examples:
Experiment 1 (consonance / dissonance)
Experiment 1 pleasant (rather consonant) chord
Experiment 1 unpleasant (dissonant) chord
Experiment 2 (mode)
Experiment 2 happy chord
Experiment 2 sad chord
Experiment 3 (timbre)
Experiment 3 chord with
pleasant timbre
Experiment 3 chord with unpleasant timbre