Violent music: social, psychological, and neurological implications

该项目将研究暴力音乐的形式和流行程度;其对侵略，情绪状态和认知功能的短期和长期影响;以及与暴力音乐接触的神经学相关性。暴力主题的音乐通常被指责为反社会或犯罪行为，但我们对暴力音乐与音乐家和粉丝的社会态度，情感，行动和认知功能相互作用的程度几乎没有科学的了解。该项目预计将开发一个经验驱动的暴力音乐，思想和行动之间的途径模型，并测试如何将接触暴力音乐的负面后果最小化，并将社会和心理效益最大化的假设。

This project will examine the forms and prevalence of violent music; its short- and long-term effects on aggression, emotional states and cognitive function; and neurological correlates of engagement with violent music. Music with violent themes is often blamed for antisocial or criminal behaviour, but we have little scientific understanding of the extent to which violent music interacts with social attitudes, emotions, actions and cognitive functions in musicians and fans. The project is expected to develop an empirically driven model of the pathways between violent music, thought and action, and to test hypotheses for how negative consequences of exposure to violent music can be minimised and social and psychological benefits maximised.