Sad music can provide enjoyment, comfort or pain to different people, according to new research looking at the effects of melancholy songs on the emotions. Researchers at Durham University, UK and the ...

Sadness is generally seen as a negative emotion, but we tend to find it pleasurable in an aesthetic context. What is the nature of pleasure that people experience from listening to sad music?

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[1] Why do we like listening to sad music if feeling sad is uncomfortable? It’s a question that researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia set out to understand. They recently ...