Definitely worth more research! Maybe this is why I like articles that I read with Harry Potter (movies) playing in the background than other movies? 🙂

As an avid music listener, this study brought many things to light. I never realized how I pick out certain genres to listen to when certain feelings arise.

I think music definitely impacts us but it can be hard to detect this in studies. It may take longer and the affects might be more subtle.

I love that you tried something experimental! This would be difficult to do, but I wonder if this would work in a more applied sense. For example, instead of pairing reading a news article with music, having news delivered via a video with background music so that the two are more fully integrated. I also wonder if your hypothesis can extend to persuasiveness. For example, can music help to persuade someone to engage in a behavior or change a belief?

I think that music definitely has an effect on our moods. Maybe with bigger sample size, we could be able to see it. This is definitely the start of a fun experiment!

Do you suppose the mood of music is caused by our mood (we pick sad music when we’re sad) rather than vice versa? That would explain why the manipulation didn’t work.

This is a cool method. Good job.

Music always makes me feel better. I liked the layout of the research.

I wonder what findings would change (if any) if the music you chose was not in the classical music genre; or if the happy song is slow with happy lyrics and/or the sad song upbeat with sad lyrics. Music definitely affects my mood, but for example, when I’m sad I listen to sad music to get all the feelings out rather than listening to happy music to cheer me up. This is such an interesting study!