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Overview

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

1,814

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Music Psychology: Why Does Bohemian Rhapsody Feel so Good?
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Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Music Psychology: Why Does Bohemian Rhapsody Feel so Good?
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Course details

Skills you will learn
More about this course
  • Some songs make us laugh and some songs make us cry, but why does music have the ability to affect us emotionally?
  • On this course, you'll learn about music psychology and how our emotions work, by analysing Queen's famous song, 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
  • You'll find out how the mind interprets patterns in music and generates an emotional response as a result.
  • You'll explore how music communicates with the brain's reward centre, and generates a chemical reaction that can provide a feeling of happiness.
  • Finally, you'll discover why emotional experiences are influenced by our own expectations.

Music Psychology: Why Does Bohemian Rhapsody Feel so Good?
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Curriculum

What happens in the mind when we experience music?

Getting started

Introduction to the Psychology of Emotions

An introduction to the psychology of music

Weekly Wrap

How do songs trigger our emotions?

Psychology of emotion and music combined

Explaining musical expectations through funny music?

Explaining Bohemian Rhapsody

Wrap up for this course

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