The Influence of Music on People's Emotion

Sissi He

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2025.26786

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The Influence of Music on People's Emotion

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The Influence of Music on People's Emotion

Sissi He ^1*

¹ Shanghai New Epoch Bilingual School

^*Corresponding author: hexiaoxi070205@gmail.com

Published on 9 September 2025

LNEP Vol.117

ISSN (Print): 2753-7056

ISSN (Online): 2753-7048

ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-361-1

ISBN (Online): 978-1-80590-362-8

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Abstract

Music, a universal language that can be understood all over the world, has a powerful power to communicate the rich feelings and emotions of human beings. The melody of music will stimulate people's physiological reactions, such as speeding up the heartbeat or relaxing muscles, and then affect people's emotions. Therefore, this paper will focus on exploring the influence of music on emotions. This article discusses how music affects mood from many important angles. Through the related research based on music and neuroscience, this paper reviews the whole process of music influencing emotions. In addition, the article also makes an exploratory analysis of the application of music in therapy. It is of great significance to have a deep understanding of these factors, which helps employees to skillfully make music an effective tool to improve their emotional state and mental health quality in the work scene and people's daily life in general.

Keywords:

Music, emotion, mood regulation, neurological response, music therapy

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[3]. Han, D., Kong, Y., Han, J., et al. A survey of music emotion recognition. Front. Comput. Sci. 16, 166335 (2022). https: //doi.org/10.1007/s11704-021-0569-4

[4]. Vuust, P., Heggli, O.A., Friston, K.J. et al. Music in the brain. Nat Rev Neurosci 23, 287–305 (2022). https: //doi.org/10.1038/s41583-022-00578-5

[5]. Thormählen, W. (2022). Music and emotions. In The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World (pp. 345-359). Routledge.

[9]. Pelosi, F. (2020). Music and emotions. A companion to Ancient Greek and Roman music, pp. 337–349.

[10]. Silva IC, Gouveia A, Dalagna G, et al. Music and emotion. European Psychiatry. 2021; 64(S1): S671-S672. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2018

Cite this article

He,S. (2025). The Influence of Music on People's Emotion. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,117,1-5.

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