Major chords and melodies may not universally be perceived as happier than minor music, according to study of remote Papua New Guinea communities

Major chords and melodies may not universally be perceived as happier than minor music, according to study of remote Papua New Guinea communities

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269597

Article Title: Emotional responses in Papua New Guinea show negligible evidence for a universal effect of major versus minor music

Author Countries: Germany, Australia

Funding: This work was funded by the Western Sydney University Postgraduate Scholarship from the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development granted to E.S. for her PhD Candidature; the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (project number DE170100353), funded by the Australian Government, awarded to A.M.; the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (project number DE180101609), funded by the Australian Government, awarded to H.S. and by the Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University (CE140100041), awarded to H.S.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0269597

Emotional responses in Papua New Guinea show negligible evidence for a universal effect of major versus minor music

29-Jun-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.