People have all turned to sad music to make themselves feel better at some point in their life, 【小题1】 why does the music with double or even triple (三倍的) sadness help drag people out of low spirits?

A new study throws light on what’s going on inside people’s brains when they match their music to their feelings, and that it looks as if sad music can be enjoyable, rather than 【小题2】 (simple) depressing. Music of this sort can arouse positive memories in people’s life, thus 【小题3】 (improve) their mood.

Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University says there 【小题4】 (exist) two possible explanations 【小题5】 why people enjoy listening to sad music from social psychology.

One idea from social psychology about this is that people will feel 【小题6】 (good) about themselves if they focus on someone who’s doing even worse. Everything’s going to be okay, because this person is having an even worse day than they are.

Another idea from social psychology is that people like to listen to the very music 【小题7】 shows their present life circumstances, because this kind of music makes them feel they 【小题8】 (understand). With their emotions 【小题9】 (share), they definitely get a certain amount of comfort.

In 【小题10】 (conclude), sad music does cheer people up, and it works far better than happy music, in most cases.