Preattentive processing of emotional musical tones: a multidimensional scaling and ERP study

Musical emotion can be conveyed by subtle variations in timbre. Here, we investigated whether the brain is capable to discriminate tones differing in emotional expression by recording event-related potentials (ERPs) in an oddball paradigm under preattentive listening conditions. First, using multidi...

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Main Authors: Thomas F Münte, Katja eSpreckelmeyer, Eckart eAltenmüller, Hans eColonius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00656/full