Juliane Deil
Mind-wandering during contemporary live music: An exploratory study
Deil, Juliane; Markert, Nina; Normand, Philip; Kammen, Philipp; Küssner, Mats B.; Taruffi, Liila
Authors
Nina Markert
Philip Normand
Philipp Kammen
Mats B. Küssner
Dr Liila Taruffi liila.taruffi@durham.ac.uk
Honorary Fellow
Abstract
During a live concert, the mind can wander to unrelated thoughts such as personal concerns or past memories or to vivid images that are inspired by the music. This is an omnipresent phenomenon commonly referred to as mind-wandering. Psychological research on mind-wandering has explored its main characteristics, such as frequency, phenomenology, and impact on mood, both in the laboratory and in daily life contexts. This study aimed to harness the ecological setting of a live music concert to examine the occurrence and content of mind-wandering, as well as visual mental imagery as a mode through which mind-wandering occurs, and its relationship with the concertgoers’ moods before and after the music event. A self-report questionnaire (n = 43) was used to collect data at two concerts of ambient music given as part of the CTM Festival. Findings suggest that mind-wandering occurs extensively in a concert environment. While mind-wandering episodes feature negative themes and moods—in the form of dark content of the visual mental imagery associated with the program’s musical tone—the concert environment still contributes to participants feeling more inspired afterward. Overall, this study points to the potential of live music contexts to stimulate a beneficial style of mind-wandering (i.e., one that leads to a positive impact on mood and imagery), and its findings are in line with those of previous research showing that live concerts lead to increased well-being of concertgoers. Implications for well-being and a call for more systematic research on this subject are discussed.
Citation
Deil, J., Markert, N., Normand, P., Kammen, P., Küssner, M. B., & Taruffi, L. (2023). Mind-wandering during contemporary live music: An exploratory study. Musicae Scientiae, 27(3), 616–636. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649221103210
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 10, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 26, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2023-09 |
Deposit Date | Aug 24, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 24, 2022 |
Journal | Musicae Scientiae |
Print ISSN | 1029-8649 |
Electronic ISSN | 2045-4147 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 616–636 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649221103210 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1196381 |
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