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New research suggests listening to sad music can help overcome the heartbreak an ended relationship. The study contradicts common wisdom that upbeat music is best when feeling the blues emotional turmoil. It might account why people began singing the blues – music to accompany painful or miserable times. The research is the University of California at Berkeley. It says people find comfort listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood. It also says weepy movies and books, or gloomy artwork provide comfort and console broken hearts. Study co-author Stephen Palmer said: "Emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to our happiness and well-being."

The research is to be published the August edition the "Journal Consumer Research" and is titled: “Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences Mood-Congruency Aesthetic Experiences.” The authors say: "Consumers experience serious emotional distress when intimate relationships are broken, and look a surrogate to replace the lost personal bond….[In] negative moods, [they] might choose aesthetic experiences consistent their mood (sad music; tear-jerking dramas) even when more pleasant alternatives are also available." They report another study that found we prefer "angry music" when we are frustrated - being interrupted, someone being late, or losing an Internet connection.

 


 
 

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