Dr. Ethan Kross

The number of people who report using music to modulate their experience drops way down 10 to 30%. Music is a really powerful tool for modulating our emotions. I actually, an unintentional parenting victory for me was when my youngest daughter was around five or six and I was coaching soccer. I lived for these experiences. soccer games on the weekend.

The number of people who report using music to modulate their experience drops way down 10 to 30%. Music is a really powerful tool for modulating our emotions. I actually, an unintentional parenting victory for me was when my youngest daughter was around five or six and I was coaching soccer. I lived for these experiences. soccer games on the weekend.

I wasn't one of these overbearing coaches who would, you know, go crazy on the sidelines. It was just such joy to just watch these kids play. And typically my daughter was really excited to go to the game. But one morning she was just like not into it at all. She was bummed, like she was bummed out. It was bumming me out. I was, you know, catching her emotions. We

I wasn't one of these overbearing coaches who would, you know, go crazy on the sidelines. It was just such joy to just watch these kids play. And typically my daughter was really excited to go to the game. But one morning she was just like not into it at all. She was bummed, like she was bummed out. It was bumming me out. I was, you know, catching her emotions. We

I wasn't one of these overbearing coaches who would, you know, go crazy on the sidelines. It was just such joy to just watch these kids play. And typically my daughter was really excited to go to the game. But one morning she was just like not into it at all. She was bummed, like she was bummed out. It was bumming me out. I was, you know, catching her emotions. We

Got into the car and it just so happened that my cell phone was connected and the next song on the playlist happened to be Journeys Don't Stop Believin'. So you know the song, I presume. Don't judge me for having this on my playlist, please. The song comes on and I start jamming out to it, singing out loud like an embarrassing dad. And then I look in the back seat and I find her bopping her head.

Got into the car and it just so happened that my cell phone was connected and the next song on the playlist happened to be Journeys Don't Stop Believin'. So you know the song, I presume. Don't judge me for having this on my playlist, please. The song comes on and I start jamming out to it, singing out loud like an embarrassing dad. And then I look in the back seat and I find her bopping her head.

Got into the car and it just so happened that my cell phone was connected and the next song on the playlist happened to be Journeys Don't Stop Believin'. So you know the song, I presume. Don't judge me for having this on my playlist, please. The song comes on and I start jamming out to it, singing out loud like an embarrassing dad. And then I look in the back seat and I find her bopping her head.

And then the chorus comes, we get really excited. And then I pull up to the soccer court field and she just bursts out of the car and is like invigorated. That is the power of music to impact us. So I will often also have songs on prior to big talks that I'm getting ready to get in that mental frame of mind. And I don't think it's a coincidence that many athletes do this as well.

And then the chorus comes, we get really excited. And then I pull up to the soccer court field and she just bursts out of the car and is like invigorated. That is the power of music to impact us. So I will often also have songs on prior to big talks that I'm getting ready to get in that mental frame of mind. And I don't think it's a coincidence that many athletes do this as well.

And then the chorus comes, we get really excited. And then I pull up to the soccer court field and she just bursts out of the car and is like invigorated. That is the power of music to impact us. So I will often also have songs on prior to big talks that I'm getting ready to get in that mental frame of mind. And I don't think it's a coincidence that many athletes do this as well.

They've stumbled onto this tool that is quite powerful for pointing our emotional experience, our emotional trajectory in the direction we want it to point.

They've stumbled onto this tool that is quite powerful for pointing our emotional experience, our emotional trajectory in the direction we want it to point.

They've stumbled onto this tool that is quite powerful for pointing our emotional experience, our emotional trajectory in the direction we want it to point.

And I have a couple of – they touch on a couple of amazingly important issues that we need to get into. So let's just do them serially. So number one, has the study been done when you expose people to different kinds of music, sad versus – arousing, you know, happy music? Do you see that push people's emotions around? Yes.

And I have a couple of – they touch on a couple of amazingly important issues that we need to get into. So let's just do them serially. So number one, has the study been done when you expose people to different kinds of music, sad versus – arousing, you know, happy music? Do you see that push people's emotions around? Yes.

And I have a couple of – they touch on a couple of amazingly important issues that we need to get into. So let's just do them serially. So number one, has the study been done when you expose people to different kinds of music, sad versus – arousing, you know, happy music? Do you see that push people's emotions around? Yes.

In fact, sensory tools like music or visual images are one of the most powerful tools that we have in our arsenal for pushing people's emotions around in the context of experiments. So we want to induce a particular kind of state. We can play certain kinds of music or show people images that are designed to elicit positive or negative negative emotional experiences.

In fact, sensory tools like music or visual images are one of the most powerful tools that we have in our arsenal for pushing people's emotions around in the context of experiments. So we want to induce a particular kind of state. We can play certain kinds of music or show people images that are designed to elicit positive or negative negative emotional experiences.

In fact, sensory tools like music or visual images are one of the most powerful tools that we have in our arsenal for pushing people's emotions around in the context of experiments. So we want to induce a particular kind of state. We can play certain kinds of music or show people images that are designed to elicit positive or negative negative emotional experiences.