http://mindhacks.com/2011/02/28/emotional-fluctuations-in-the-lyrics-of-bob-dylan/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Fri, 24 May 2013 00:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2011/02/28/emotional-fluctuations-in-the-lyrics-of-bob-dylan/#comment-18187 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:29:15 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=17229#comment-18187 [...] Mind Hacks recently noted a 2008 study that analyzed the affective content of Bob Dylan’s song lyrics across 39 years of song-writing. The study then tied those emotional fluctuations to specific life events and used this information to characterize distinct periods in Dylan’s life. What a beautiful application of life-tracking. [...]

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2011/02/28/emotional-fluctuations-in-the-lyrics-of-bob-dylan/#comment-18069 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:04:34 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=17229#comment-18069 nice. i just read a bunch of his interviews. pretty opaque. the film, I’m Not There, seemed plausible to me.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2011/02/28/emotional-fluctuations-in-the-lyrics-of-bob-dylan/#comment-18019 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:30:13 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=17229#comment-18019 There’s a similar study on the Beatles’ lyrics: http://www.springerlink.com/content/mm23hg8r34k55845/

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