Music Influences Listeners’ Emotion –
A Review on Evidence From Psychological and Physiological Research
2009 DOI: https://doi.org/10.29091/9783752001877/004 Page 35 - 58
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The paper presents a review on emotional processes involved in music listening. First a theoretical perspective on emotion is introduced, the appraisal-centered approach. Next to that, detailed account to theories explaining emotion in music is given. There, the following topics are addressed: differences between emotion felt and perceived, strong emotions evoked by music (so-called Chills), and social infl uences on emotion. Also different models explaining various mechanisms involved in musically induced emotion are discussed. Finally the review presents an overview on the different methods included in emotional research on music. There, evidence from studies using psychological and physiological measurements of emotion will be outlined.