A functional MRI study of happy and sad emotions in music with and without lyrics

A functional MRI study of happy and sad emotions in music with and without lyrics

Musical emotions, such as happiness and sadness, have been investigated using instrumental music devoid of linguistic content. However, pop and rock, the most common musical genres, utilize lyrics for conveying emotions. Using participants’ self-selected musical excerpts, we studied their behavior a...

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Main Authors: Elvira eBrattico, Vinoo eAlluri, Brigitte eBogert, Thomas eJacobsen, Nuutti eVartiainen, Sirke Katriina Nieminen, Mari eTervaniemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Language
Limbic System
Music
emotion
fMRI
Acoustic feature
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00308/full

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