Music and emotions in the brain: familiarity matters.

The importance of music in our daily life has given rise to an increased number of studies addressing the brain regions involved in its appreciation. Some of these studies controlled only for the familiarity of the stimuli, while others relied on pleasantness ratings, and others still on musical pre...

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Main Authors: Carlos Silva Pereira, João Teixeira, Patrícia Figueiredo, João Xavier, São Luís Castro, Elvira Brattico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3217963?pdf=render