Moody tunes

To explore the effect that music has on the mind, Science News asked researchers to share a song they enjoy and the emotion it evokes. 

Ethan Ross, physician
Song: “Dark Star” by the Grateful Dead
Emotion: “Elation, euphoria and wonder.”

Virginia Naples, vertebrate paleontologist
Song: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot
Emotion: “Sadness and nostalgia for knowing about past events.”