Language:

The rewarding aspects of music listening are related to degree of emotional arousal

PloS one, 2009-10, Vol.4 (10), p.e7487-e7487 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2009 Public Library of Science ;2009 Salimpoor et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;Salimpoor et al. 2009 ;ISSN: 1932-6203 ;EISSN: 1932-6203 ;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007487 ;PMID: 19834599

Full text available

Citations Cited by

Actions
1. Add to My Research
2. Remove from My Research
3. E-mail
4. Print
5. Permalink
6. Citation
7. EasyBib
8. EndNote
9. RefWorks
10. Delicious
11. Export RIS
12. Export BibTeX

Title:
The rewarding aspects of music listening are related to degree of emotional arousal
Author: Salimpoor, Valorie N ; Benovoy, Mitchel ; Longo, Gregory ; Cooperstock, Jeremy R ; Zatorre, Robert J
Lauwereyns, Jan
Subjects: Adolescent ; Adult ; Arousal ; Arousal - physiology ; Auditory Perception - physiology ; Behavior ; Blood Flow Velocity ; Blood volume ; Body Temperature ; Brain research ; Chills ; Cocaine ; Computer & video games ; Connectivity ; Dissociation ; Dopamine ; Emotions ; Emotions - physiology ; Female ; Galvanic Skin Response ; Heart beat ; Heart Rate ; Human subjects ; Humans ; Interdisciplinary aspects ; Laboratories ; Listening ; Male ; Music ; Music - psychology ; Nervous system ; Neuroscience/Behavioral Neuroscience ; Neuroscience/Cognitive Neuroscience ; Neuroscience/Experimental Psychology ; Neuroscience/Psychology ; Neuroscience/Sensory Systems ; Neurosciences ; NMR ; Nuclear magnetic resonance ; Physiological aspects ; Physiology ; Physiology/Cognitive Neuroscience ; Physiology/Integrative Physiology ; Pleasure ; Ratings ; Reinforcement ; Respiration ; Respiratory Rate ; Skin Temperature ; Sympathetic nervous system
Is Part Of: PloS one, 2009-10, Vol.4 (10), p.e7487-e7487
Description: Listening to music is amongst the most rewarding experiences for humans. Music has no functional resemblance to other rewarding stimuli, and has no demonstrated biological value, yet individuals continue listening to music for pleasure. It has been suggested that the pleasurable aspects of music listening are related to a change in emotional arousal, although this link has not been directly investigated. In this study, using methods of high temporal sensitivity we investigated whether there is a systematic relationship between dynamic increases in pleasure states and physiological indicators of emotional arousal, including changes in heart rate, respiration, electrodermal activity, body temperature, and blood volume pulse. Twenty-six participants listened to self-selected intensely pleasurable music and "neutral" music that was individually selected for them based on low pleasure ratings they provided on other participants' music. The "chills" phenomenon was used to index intensely pleasurable responses to music. During music listening, continuous real-time recordings of subjective pleasure states and simultaneous recordings of sympathetic nervous system activity, an objective measure of emotional arousal, were obtained. Results revealed a strong positive correlation between ratings of pleasure and emotional arousal. Importantly, a dissociation was revealed as individuals who did not experience pleasure also showed no significant increases in emotional arousal. These results have broader implications by demonstrating that strongly felt emotions could be rewarding in themselves in the absence of a physically tangible reward or a specific functional goal.
Publisher: United States: Public Library of Science
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1932-6203
EISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007487
PMID: 19834599
Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
MEDLINE
PubMed Central
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
ProQuest Central
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Back to results list


INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY	(84-028) 37 755 057	Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM	thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn	Feedback

The rewarding aspects of music listening are related to degree of emotional arousal

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait