Be it Elliott Smith or Queen, classical or dub step, there's usually a clear understanding that some songs are sad, and some songs are happy. But what is it about the music that makes us feel these feelings we're feeling? You might think it has something to do with the notes or how our brain's natural response to these sounds, but you're wrong. Or at the very least incomplete in your thinking. We've just been culturally trained to respond to music in certain ways because if you ignore the lyrics, music itself doesn't actually contain any emotion at all. Watch the episode to find out more!

Sources:

Transylvanian Music: http://www.academia.edu/258560/Music_...

Emotional responses to music: The need to consider underlying mechanisms - Patrik N. Juslin Daniel Västfjäll

Its OK To Be Smart "Why Music Moves Us" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT3O93...

TWEET OF THE WEEK:
https://twitter.com/deliriumzer0/stat...

Further Reading List:
The Music in Our Lives - Kathleen Marie Higgins
Exploring the Habitus of Listening : Anthropological Perspectives - Judith Becker
TOWARDS A NEUROBIOLOGY OF MUSICAL EMOTIONS - Isabelle Peretz
MUSIC INDUCED EMOTIONS: SOME CURRENT ISSUES AND CROSS-MODAL COMPARISONS - Manuela M. Marin and Joydeep Bhattacharya
Music acquisition: effects of enculturation and formal training on development - Erin E. Hannon and Laurel J. Trainor
Handbook of Music and Emotion: Theory, Research, Applications - Patrik N. Juslin

Music:

":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
"Carry On Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
Elliott Smith - Needle In The Hay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs5wIJ...
Wayne's world bohemian rhapsody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STt9dq...
Dramatic Chipmunk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73s...
Jake's first flight avatar soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RySRFs...
Disney Mulan - I'll Make A Man Out Of You | HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frcCss...
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cFkae...
Justice - Stress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qXmxV...
Britten Lachrymae Op 48 for Viola and Piano - Ricardo Zwietisch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1moHA_...
Music & Lyrics By Stewie Griffin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RmO6f...
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 2 - Leonard Bernstein (3-4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6z9Ax...
Eruption Guitar Solo--Eddie Van Halen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lwoc...
Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream Acapella (Vocals) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o3IOs...
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are [OFFICIAL VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEh...

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