Collaboration, Cognitive Effort, and Self-Reference in United Kingdom Top 5 Pop Music Lyrics 1960-2015

Krause, A.; North, Adrian

doi:10.1037/aca0000214

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Authors

Krause, A.

North, Adrian

Date

2019

Type

Journal Article

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Citation

Krause, A. and North, A. 2019. Collaboration, Cognitive Effort, and Self-Reference in United Kingdom Top 5 Pop Music Lyrics 1960-2015. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.

Source Title

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

DOI

10.1037/aca0000214

ISSN

1931-3896

School

School of Psychology

Remarks

Krause, A. and North, A. 2019. Collaboration, Cognitive Effort, and Self-Reference in United Kingdom Top 5 Pop Music Lyrics 1960-2015. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. [In Press] 2019 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74875

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

This research investigated associations between the lyrics of every song to have reached the weekly U.K. Top 5 singles chart from 1960 to 2015 and the number of people responsible for recording each song. Following computerized content analysis of the lyrics of the 4,534 unique songs, the results showed that the number of musicians involved was negatively related to use of cognitive terms, consistent with previous research on social loafing, and was also negatively related to instances of self-reference and use of language concerning social interaction, arguably in reflection of the inherent constraints on such that arise from collaborating with others.