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Amy M Belfi¹, Kaelyn Kacirek²

¹Department of Psychological Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 135 H-SS, 500 W. 14th St., Rolla, MO, 65409, USA. amybelfi@mst.edu.

Behavior Research Methods

|June 20, 2020

Summary

Researchers developed a standardized set of 107 famous musical melodies for psychological studies. This new stimulus set provides normative data on familiarity, emotional response, and naming ability for U.S. populations.

Keywords:

Arousal Familiarity Music Naming Valence

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Music Psychology

Background:

Famous musical melodies are utilized in psychological research to assess cognitive impairments and study "naming" vs. "knowing."
Existing stimuli are often created ad hoc, lacking standardization for U.S. populations.
A need exists for a reliable, openly available set of famous melodies for experimental use.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a standardized set of famous musical melodies for psychological research.
To provide normative data on key attributes of these melodies.
To facilitate selection of stimuli based on specific research needs.

Main Methods:

Compilation of 107 famous musical melodies.
Recruitment of 397 participants for data collection.
Rating of melodies on familiarity, age of acquisition, emotional valence, emotional arousal, and naming ability.

Main Results:

The developed Famous Melodies Stimulus Set comprises 107 melodies.
Normative data were collected for familiarity, age of acquisition, emotional valence, emotional arousal, and naming ability.
Most melodies were highly familiar and reliably named, with broad ranges for other attributes.

Conclusions:

The Famous Melodies Stimulus Set offers a standardized resource for psychological and neurological research.
The provided normative data enable researchers to select melodies based on specific experimental requirements.
This set addresses the lack of standardized musical stimuli in cognitive research involving U.S. populations.