The Effect of Music on Emotions

Psychologist Sue Lan Tan studies the impact video game music has on us. Music can express or induce emotion by mimicking what your body does when you experience an emotion in real life. So for example, do you know the classic side twirl or Mario Brothers game? The music makes you feel excited and energized because it sounds like it's getting faster and faster. It's just like the pounding of your heartbeat going faster and faster when you're running fast.