The following interactive HTML widgets present 3D density ribbon plots created for the manuscript Burunat et al. (2025, in preparation). These visualizations illustrate Age-at-Release (AaR) values of personally meaningful songs as a function of participants’ ages.
Each plot shows the output of a 10-year sliding window analysis, where the window moves one year at a time across the lifespan. This method allows us to capture nuanced temporal patterns in the data.
X-axis: Age at Release (AaR) of meaningful songs
Y-axis: Center of each 10-year participant age window
Z-axis (height): Kernel density estimate (KDE) of AaR values within each window
Color gradient: Density magnitude, ranging from dark blue (low) to yellow (high)
These plots are interactive and allow the viewer to rotate, zoom, and explore the lifespan dynamics from different angles. They offer an intuitive and engaging way to understand the distribution and evolution of musical memories across age groups.
For a continuous view of these dynamics over time, see the accompanying 2D age-lapse video