Empathy manipulation impacts music-induced emotions: a psychophysiological study on opera.

This study investigated the effects of voluntarily empathizing with a musical performer (i.e., cognitive empathy) on music-induced emotions and their underlying physiological activity. N = 56 participants watched video-clips of two operatic compositions performed in concerts, with low or high empath...

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Main Authors: Andrei C Miu, Felicia Rodica Balteş
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3265492?pdf=render