Children's perception of musical emotional expressions

Authors:
Anna Esposito;Manuela Serio
Affiliations:
Seconda Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Caserta, Italy and IIASS, Vietri sul Mare, Italy and INFM Salerno, Italy;IIASS, Vietri sul Mare, Italy and INFM Salerno, Italy
Venue:
COST 2102'07 Proceedings of the 2007 COST action 2102 international conference on Verbal and nonverbal communication behaviours
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This study investigates on children's ability to interpret emotions in instrumentally-presented melodies. 40 children (20 males and 20 females) all aged six years, have been tested for the comprehension of emotional concepts through the correct matching of emotional pictures to pieces of music. Results indicate that 6-year-old emotional responses to orchestral extracts considered full of affective cues are similar to those demonstrated by adults and that there is no gender effect.