Exploring the correlation between the type of music and the emotions evoked: A study using subjective questionnaires and EEG
This research addresses the problem of understanding music-emotion correlations for psychologists and music therapists, but it is incremental as it builds on existing methods without major innovations.
The study investigated how different music genres affect human emotions by combining subjective questionnaires and EEG measurements, finding connections between emotional responses and observed brain activity.
The subject of this work is to check how different types of music affect human emotions. While listening to music, a subjective survey and brain activity measurements were carried out using an EEG helmet. The aim is to demonstrate the impact of different music genres on emotions. The research involved a diverse group of participants of different gender and musical preferences. This had the effect of capturing a wide range of emotional responses to music. After the experiment, a relationship analysis of the respondents' questionnaires with EEG signals was performed. The analysis revealed connections between emotions and observed brain activity.