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Differences in EEG Response to Emotion-inducing Music between People with Visual Impairment and those with Normal Vision

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2020, 21(3), pp.31-48
  • DOI : 10.19049/JSPED.2020.21.3.02
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : August 7, 2020
  • Accepted : August 24, 2020
  • Published : September 30, 2020

Park Hye Young 1

1고신대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to quantitatively investigate differences in neurophysiological functions which occur when processing music information through analyzing EEG responses to emotion-inducing music between people with visual impairment (VI) and those with normal vision (NV). [Method] For 15 VI and 15 NV, there were examined that differences in EEG (alpha and beta) responses to specific emotion-inducing music with clear emotional valence and emotional arousal according to the type of emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, and fear) between the groups. In addition, the ratio of alpha to beta (RAB), respectively alpha for relaxation and beta for arousal, was analyzed in order to investigate differences in responses of EEG arousal to emotion-inducing music between the groups. [Results] With regard to differences in alpha of EEG responses, there was found that the VI scored significantly lower than the NV in all emotion types. In particular, the VI showed the highest alpha value in sadness, while the NV scored the highest in happiness. For beta value, the VI marked the higher than the NV in all emotion types, however, there were not found statistically significant differences. In addition, for measured relaxation/arousal responses of the EEG, the VI showed significantly lower values than the NV, and it was confirmed arousal was more activated than relaxation among the VI. [Conclusion] Through the EEG measurement of the emotion-inducing music, differences in emotional responses to music between the VI and the NV were objectively investigated, and it is proposed that music programs considering the characteristics of music emotion of the VI could be developed by further researches.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.