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Monday, November 10, 2014

Soothed By Sadness

Tom Jacobs flags a new study that explains why we take solace in sad songs: The results reveal that sad music brings up “a wide range of complex and partially positive emotions, such as nostalgia, peacefulness, tenderness, transcendence, and wonder,” the researchers report. Nostalgia was the most frequently reported emotion evoked by sad music (although […]

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