Official Title: Psychophysiological Effects of Birdsongs on Sadness Compared With Music Between Depressed and Non-Depressed Participants
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2024-08
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Brief Summary: The main goal of this study is to learn the psychophysiological effects of birdsongs on sadness The main questions it aims to answer are
1 Can birdsongs alleviate sadness in a short term 2 Can birdsongs have greater impact on sadness than music 3 Can birdsongs alleviate sadness for both non-depressed and depressed participants
Researchers will compare birdsongs to music a active control to see if birdsongs works to reduce sadness and also examined the psychophysiological effects of birdsongs in depressed and non-depressed participants
Participants will
go through the following stages baseline neutral control 1st sadness induction 1st intervention calculation task 2nd sadness induction and 2nd intervention
Detailed Description: During the baseline phase participants were instructed to sit quietly and relax For the neutral control they viewed an informative video demonstrating the process of plastic injection molding As for the sadness induction they were presented with sad film clips from either Hachi A Dog39s Tale or My Brother and Sister The order of the sad videos was randomized across participants The intervention stages involved listening to either the cheerful Cuckoo Waltz music or a clip of birdsongs from laughing thrushes The order of the interventions was randomized as well The calculation task was employed as a distracter enabling participants to return to a neutral state Except for the computational task the remaining six phases each had a duration of 6 minutes