Great experience presenting at the WASAD Congress! I discussed how Natural Language Processing can advance stress research and how music functions as a cognitive artifact. @wasadorg.bsky.social

Grateful to collaborate with @mauriciojdmartins.bsky.social @clauslamm.bsky.social & Urs Nater

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We found:

- Long-term rise in stress-related language & negativity
- Decline in lyrical complexity
- But trends reversed or attenuated after 9/11 & COVID, hinting at escapist music choices in times major societal stress