Positive and Negative Hedonic Contrast with Musical Stimuli
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2008
Journal / Book Title
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts,
Abstract
Stimuli are evaluated less positively if they follow good stimuli than otherwise; stimuli are evaluated more positively if they follow bad stimuli than otherwise. These phenomena, positive and negative hedonic contrast, have been demonstrated with a variety of stimuli but never with music. No single studies have induced both kinds of contrast by pitting better against less good stimuli. In the present study, 32 subjects heard good musical selections before bad ones or bad selections before good ones. Their evaluations of those stimuli exhibited both positive and negative hedonic contrast.
DOI
10.1037/1931-3896.2.3.171
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Parker, Scott; Bascom, Jesse; Rabinovitz, Brian; and Zellner, Debra, "Positive and Negative Hedonic Contrast with Musical Stimuli" (2008). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 378.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/378
Published Citation
Parker, S., Bascom, J., Rabinovitz, B., & Zellner, D. (2008). Positive and negative hedonic contrast with musical stimuli. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2(3), 171–174. https://doi.org/10.1037/1931-3896.2.3.171
