Regulation of Mindfulness-Based Music Listening on Negative Emotions Related to COVID-19: An ERP Study

Xiaolin Liu, Yong Liu, Huijuan Shi, Ling Li and Maoping Zheng
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Xiaolin Liu: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Yong Liu: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Huijuan Shi: Institute of Chinese Music Aesthetic Psychology and Basic Theory of Music Performance, Chongqing Institute of Foreign Studies, Chongqing 401120, China
Ling Li: Institute of Chinese Music Aesthetic Psychology and Basic Theory of Music Performance, Chongqing Institute of Foreign Studies, Chongqing 401120, China
Maoping Zheng: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-19

Abstract: The current study aimed to explore the behavioral and neural correlates of mindfulness-based music listening regulation of induced negative emotions related to COVID-19 using the face–word Stroop task. Eighty-five young adults visited the laboratory and were randomly assigned to three groups: a calm music group (CMG: n = 28), a happy music group (HMG: n = 30), and a sad music group (SMG: n = 27). Negative emotions were induced in all participants using a COVID-19 video, followed by the music intervention condition. Participants underwent the face–word Stroop tasks during which event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. The N2, N3, P3, and late positive component (LPC) were investigated. The results showed that calm music and happy music effectively regulate young adults’ induced negative emotions, while young adults experienced more negative emotions when listening to sad music; the negative mood states at the post-induction phase inhibited the reaction of conflict control in face–word Stroop tasks, which manifested as lower accuracy (ACC) and slower reaction times (RTs). ERP results showed negative mood states elicited greater N2, N3, and LPC amplitudes and smaller P3 amplitudes. Further studies are needed to develop intervention strategies to enhance emotion regulation related to COVID-19 for other groups.

Keywords: mindfulness meditation; music listening; emotion regulation; cognitive control; ERPs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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