The Nostalgic Music Time Perception in Bilingual and Monolingual Individuals

Background and Aim : Music is a compelling emotional stimulus that alters the relationship with time. Time does seem to fly when listening to pleasant music, admittedly. The emotion of nostalgia has newly been the center of burgeoning practical and theoretical developments.Methods : In this paper, we aimed to assess the relationship between bilingual and monolingual Individuals in nostalgic music time perception. The participants divided into two distinct groups, namely Turk and Persian (N=60) (Age Mean±SD = 23.06). Both groups listened to the same duration (three minutes) of two nostalgic music tracks (1980’s), the first one is Turkish, and the other one is Persian, both of them are the same for both groups in all aspects (genre, overall loudness, male voice).Results : The results indicated that the Turk group underestimated the time significantly (p<=0.005), in comparison with the Persian one.Conclusion : According to these findings, playing mother-lounge music tracks could reduce the judgment of time in waiting situations for bilingual individuals such as waiting rooms, long-term travels, or in the queues.