Researching the Interaction of Music and Stress
- 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
- 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