Given set changes in parameters, what are the trends
for motion in affective space?
How do those trends change depending on the initial affective state?
mapping of music parameters:
The Affective Listener used music parameters pertaining
to instrument layer and overall complexity:
instrument layering: frequency domain
complexity: time domain
Although the axes have some interdependency, music for the project was composed
and arranged to accentuate contrast. The layering-complexity map provided us
with clearly audible differences when moving along either axis.
mapping of affective states:
To locate affective responses in a space, the Affective
Listener employed arousal-valence:
Based on our interpretation of how arousal-valence
would map to music, we selected adjectives for each quadrant. We discovered
later that several other researchers had used almost the exact same
set of adjectives. (North and Hargreaves, 1997).
