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Music evoked emotions are different-more often aesthetic than utilitarian

Published inBehavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 31, no. 5, p. 595-596
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  • Open Access - Licence nationale Cambridge University Press
Publication date2008
Abstract

We disagree with Juslin & Västfjäll's (J&V's) thesis that music-evoked emotions are indistinguishable from other emotions in both their nature and underlying mechanisms and that music just induces some emotions more frequently than others. Empirical evidence suggests that frequency differences reflect the specific nature of music-evoked emotions: aesthetic and reactive rather than utilitarian and proactive. Additional mechanisms and determinants are suggested as predictors of emotions triggered by music.

Keywords
  • Aesthetic
  • Music
  • Utilitarian
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SCHERER, Klaus R., ZENTNER, Marcel Robert. Music evoked emotions are different-more often aesthetic than utilitarian. In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2008, vol. 31, n° 5, p. 595–596. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X08005505
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