Being moved by listening to unfamiliar sad music induces reward-related hormonal changes in empathic listeners
Many people enjoy sad music, and the appeal for tragedy is widespread among the consumers of film and literature. The underlying mechanisms of such aesthetic experiences are not well understood. We tested whether pleasure induced by sad, unfamiliar instrumental music is explained with a homeostatic...
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| Language: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
2021
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