Bower And Hecker Theory
Bower (1981) and Hecker (1984) developed two competing theories, which were defining and explaining the impact on music and cognitive activity. Bower (1981) proposed such theory by citing two real cases, which were watching movie “City Lights” and having a talk with Bernard Diamond, a forensic psychiatrist. He illustrated that Emotion muscularly manipulated cognitive processes such as free associations, imaginative fantasies, social perceptions, etc. This means the salience and memorability of events in that narrative was increased when the feeling-tone of narrative agreed with the reader’s emotion. Moreover, diversified readers with multiple emotions will attend more to the related material, identify with associated character from a story,