Can Music Increase Empathy? Interpreting Musical Experience Through the Empathizing–Systemizing (E-S) Theory: Implications for Autism

Recent research has provided evidence that musical interaction can promote empathy. Yet little is known about the underlying intrapersonal and social psychological processes that are involved when this occurs. For example, which types of music increase empathy and which types decrease it; what role,...

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Main Authors: David M. Greenberg, Peter J. Rentfrow, Simon Baron-Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2015-09-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i1-2.4603