Após um emocionante feriadão prolongado, começamos a segunda-feira falando de nada mais, nada menos que emoções e música. Você sabia da relação entre essas duas?
De fato, a música tem um grande poder de evocar emoções, seja para dar aquele gás quando estamos no ônibus indo ao trabalho em plena segunda-feira pós feriado, ou em um momento de reflexão sobre todos aqueles ovos de páscoa que você comeu mesmo jurando diminuir a quantidade de doces que iria comer em 2022.
Brincadeiras (ou não) a parte, trago hoje para indicação dois artigos que falam desse assunto:
O primeiro “Communication of Emotions in Vocal Expression and Music Performance: Different Channels, Same Code?” (Comunicação de Emoções na Expressão Vocal e na Performance Musical: Canais diferentes, mesmo código?) é uma revisão de 104 estudos de expressão vocal e 41 estudos de performance musical que busca analisar as semelhanças entre a expressão de emoções vocais e música.
Abstract: Many authors have speculated about a close relationship between vocal expression of emotions and musical expression of emotions, but evidence bearing on this relationship has unfortunately been lacking. This review of 104 studies of vocal expression and 41 studies of music performance reveals similarities between the 2 channels concerning (a) the accuracy with which discrete emotions were communicated to listeners and (b) the emotion-specific patterns of acoustic cues used to communicate each emotion. The
patterns are generally consistent with K. R. Scherer’s (1986) theoretical predictions. The results can explain why music is perceived as expressive of emotion, and they are consistent with an evolutionary perspective on vocal expression of emotions. Discussion focuses on theoretical accounts and directions for future research.
Já no segundo artigo,”Autism, music and Alexithymia: A musical intervention to enhance emotion recognition in adolescents with ASD” (Autismo, música e Alexitimia: uma intervenção musical para melhorar o reconhecimento de emoções em adolescentes com TEA) foi realizada uma pesquisa com adolescentes com TEA e alexitimia visando aumentar o reconhecimento de emoções através de uma intervenção baseada em música. Os resultados são fascinantes mostrando que a música pode auxiliar no reconhecimento de emoções nos adolescentes com TEA, o estudo também propõe discussões para possíveis novas pesquisas.
Abstract:
Background
Difficulties identifying and describing emotions in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been linked with an increased prevalence of Type 2 Alexithymia. Alexithymia is associated with difficulties in interpreting and verbally labelling physiological arousal. Children and adults with ASD show typical patterns of physiological arousal to music and can attribute verbal labels to musical emotions.
Aim
This pilot study aimed to develop a music-based intervention to improve facial and vocal emotion recognition (ER) and Alexithymia in adolescents with ASD.
Methods and procedures
Adolescents with ASD completed 5 music sessions and pre and post-tests of Alexithymia, ER and language. Each intervention began with a researcher-led group analysis of the emotions expressed in a series of musical excerpts, followed by a group-led discussion of the participants’ experiences of these emotions and the ways they may be communicated. Finally, the likely causes and outward expression of these emotions were discussed.
Outcome and results
Results showed that at pre-test, chronological age (CA) and receptive vocabulary were significantly associated with recognition of facial and verbal emotions and Not hiding emotions. At post-test, older children showed a greater increase in recognition of voices and in emotional bodily awareness. Correlations suggested a trend towards increased ER in voices and faces in children with lower language scores.
Conclusions and implications
Music-based interventions may enhance ER in adolescents with ASD and Alexithymia. Limitations and recommendations for future investigations are discussed.
Obs: Ambos os artigos não são de acesso livre, portanto, não podemos divulgar maiores informações além das citadas em resumo. Para maiores informações consulte os artigos citados abaixo nas referências.
Referências:
Juslin, P. N., & Laukka, P. (2003). Communication of emotions in vocal expression and music performance: Different channels, same code? Psychological Bulletin, 129(5), 770–814. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.770
Celia Redondo Pedregal, Pamela Heaton, Autism, music and Alexithymia: A musical intervention to enhance emotion recognition in adolescents with ASD, Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 116, 2021,104040, ISSN 0891-4222, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104040.