Rhythmic entrainment as a musical affect induction mechanism

Trost, Johanna Wiebke; Labbe Rodriguez, Carolina; Grandjean, Didier Maurice

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.01.004

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Title		Rhythmic entrainment as a musical affect induction mechanism
Authors		Trost, Johanna Wiebke Labbe Rodriguez, Carolina Grandjean, Didier Maurice
Published in		Neuropsychologia. 2017, vol. 96, p. 96-110
Abstract		One especially important feature of metrical music is that it contains periodicities that listeners' bodily rhythms can adapt to. Recent psychological frameworks have introduced the notion of rhythmic entrainment, among other mechanisms, as an emotion induction principle. In this review paper, we discuss rhythmic entrainment as an affect induction mechanism by differentiating four levels of entrainment in humans—perceptual, autonomic physiological, motor, and social—all of which could contribute to a subjective feeling component. We review the theoretical and empirical literature on rhythmic entrainment to music that supports the existence of these different levels of entrainment by describing the phenomena and characterizing the associated underlying brain processes. The goal of this review is to present the theoretical implications and empirical findings about rhythmic entrainment as an important principle at the basis of affect induction via music, since it rests upon the temporal dimension of music, which is a specificity of music as an affective stimulus.
Keywords		Entrainment — Rhythm — Music — Affect — Psychophysiology — Feeling
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.01.004
Full text		Article (Published version) (515 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE Article (Accepted version) (1 MB) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire des sciences affectives
Research groups		Affective sciences Neuroscience de l'émotion et dynamiques affectives (NEAD)
Projects		FNS: SNSF 105314_146559/1 and PP00P1_157409/1 NCCR in Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva (SNSF 51NF40-104897)
Citation (ISO format)		TROST, Johanna Wiebke, LABBE RODRIGUEZ, Carolina, GRANDJEAN, Didier Maurice. Rhythmic entrainment as a musical affect induction mechanism. In: Neuropsychologia, 2017, vol. 96, p. 96-110. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.01.004 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:91180