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The Music & Emotion mind map template, with 299 nodes across 1 sheet, provides a comprehensive research-oriented overview of how music communicates emotion. It covers key studies (e.g., Livingstone and Thompson 2009, Juslin and Laukka 2004), emotion representation models like Russell's circumplex and the 2DES tool, and music composition systems such as CMERS and EDME. The template is organized into branches including Emotional Communication in Music, How music expresses certain emotion, Emotion Representation, Music Representation, Music Improvisation, Music Analysis, Systems, Music Composition, and Researchers. It serves as a cheat sheet for researchers, students, and practitioners exploring the intersection of music and emotion.

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When to use this template

Graduate students and researchers in music psychology or computer music.

Preparing a literature review for a thesis or paper on music emotion recognition.

Music technologists and AI composers.

Designing an algorithmic composition system that aims to express specific emotions.

Professors and educators in music or cognitive science.

Teaching a course on music cognition or affective computing.

How to use this template

Step 1

Open and Navigate the Research Map

Open the .xmind file and use the expand or collapse features to explore the 299 nodes covering emotion representation and music systems.

Step 2

Integrate Personal Findings and Customizations

Add your own research notes to existing branches and use Xmind's design tools to modify the visual layout to suit your project needs.

Step 3

Export and Share Your Analysis

Save your completed mind map as a PDF, image, or Markdown file to share your findings with other researchers or practitioners.

Frequently asked questions

The template includes 299 nodes covering research on emotional communication, emotion representation models, music analysis, improvisation, composition systems, and a list of key researchers in the field.

You can use it as a structured literature review: explore branches like 'Emotion Representation' for models such as Russell's circumplex, or 'Systems' for computational approaches like CMERS.

Yes, the Xmind template is fully editable. You can add your own notes, reorganize branches, or link to external resources to tailor it to your project.

The 2DES tool (Livingstone, 2008) is a two-dimensional emotion space used to represent emotional states in music, often plotted on arousal-valence axes.

Yes, it includes dedicated branches for Music Analysis (e.g., Anagnostopoulou & Wetermann 1997) and Music Composition (e.g., EMI Project, EDME), covering both analytical and generative perspectives.

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