during DO than that during DS. In addition, the
relative power spectra of the beta- and
gammafrequency bands were similar during CO and
CS, and those of the alpha-, beta-, and gamma-
frequency bands were similar during DO and DS.
4.3 Survey
After watching the videos, the participants rated their
level of disgust for each video on a 5-point scale.
The survey results for 7 participants were used in the
final analysis. For body mutilation, all of the
participants responded that the first and second
original videos (AO and BO) were more disgusting
than the same videos with easy listening and exciting
music (AS and BS). In addition, for the disgusting
organisms, all of the participants responded that the
third and fourth original videos (CO and DO) were
more disgusting than the same videos with easy
listening and exciting music (CS and DS).
4.4 Overall Results
In this study, we investigated the differences in the
relative power spectra of the brain waves while the
participants watched disgust-eliciting videos with
auditory stimuli for different moods. The results of
the experiment showed that the relative power
spectra of the delta-, theta-, and alphafrequency
bands were mostly higher for the disgusteliciting
videos with the original soundtracks compared to the
same videos with extraneous auditory stimuli and
that the relative power spectra of the beta- and
gamma-frequency bands were almost similar for the
disgust-eliciting videos with the original soundtracks
compared to the same videos with extraneous
auditory stimuli. These results were consistent with
the results of the survey that was administered
following the experiment. These findings suggest
that the participants may have felt less disgust when
they watched the disgusteliciting videos with
background music compared to when they watched
them with the original soundtracks.
5 CONCLUSIONS
This study was conducted to examine the effects of
auditory stimulation on disgust-eliciting visual
stimulation. We selected videos of two categories of
disgust elicitors, added auditory stimulation to them
with music, and then examined the changes in brain
waves. The categories of the disgust elicitors were
body mutilation and disgusting organisms. For the
auditory stimuli, easy listening and exciting music
were used to provide contrasting moods of music.
The relative power spectra of the brain waves
were lower when the videos were shown with
auditory stimulation compared with its original
soundtrack. That is, the participants experienced less
disgust while they watched disgust-eliciting videos
with auditory stimulation. Additionally, we found
differences between the stimulation of body
mutilation videos and that of disgusting organism
videos, which suggests that the responses to the
mood of music may differ depending on the type of
disgust elicitors. The significance of this study was
that that it utilized visual and auditory stimulation
together to study a specific type of affect.
The study materials were limited to the disgust
elicitors of body mutilation and disgusting
organisms. Thus, future research of a variety of
disgust elicitors is needed. Furthermore, future
research needs to investigate other stimulation
modalities other than auditory stimuli.
In the present study, we investigated disgust
elicitors, which were limited to body mutilation and
disgusting organisms. In our follow-up studies, we
plan to examine a wider range of disgust elicitors
and investigate different kinds of auditory
stimulation that may arouse different responses
depending on the type of disgust elicitor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research was supported by Basic Science
Research Program through the National Research
Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry
of Science, ICT and future Planning(No.
2015R1A2A1A10056304).
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