The Role of Musical Aesthetic Emotions in Social Adaptation to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology

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Pietro Sarasso¹  Irene Ronga¹  Katiuscia Sacco¹ 

[1] BIP (BraIn Plasticity and Behaviour Changes) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Turin

关键词: Covid-19;    cognitive dissonance;    uncertainty;    music;    neuroaesthetics;    emotions;    social change;    aesthetic appreciation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.611639

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown, people from all over theworld shared all sorts of artistic experiences. Singing or playing music at the window is just a fewexamples of artistic activities that kept us feeling “together” while being apart. Why did we chooseartistic expression, and especially music, to communicate with others during the quarantine?Should we regard this behavior only as a distraction, or is it possible that music evolved as a socialtool to help us, perhaps unconsciously, to adapt in times of social distress? In other words, canmusic be considered as an adaptive form of artistic expression? Here, we will suggest that this mayindeed be the case.

【 授权许可】

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