Acoustic intensity causes perceived changes in arousal levels in music: an experimental investigation.

Listener perceptions of changes in the arousal expressed by classical music have been found to correlate with changes in sound intensity/loudness over time. This study manipulated the intensity profiles of different pieces of music in order to test the causal nature of this relationship. Listeners (...

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Main Authors: Roger T Dean, Freya Bailes, Emery Schubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3080387?pdf=render