The power of music in eliciting physical reactions has been known since the ancient Greek
cultures. The mechanisms behind it however, have long been unclear and are only just …

Music impinges upon the body and the brain and has inductive power, relying on both
innate dispositions and acquired mechanisms for coping with the sounds. This process is …

A large number of previous studies provide support for the proposition that listening to music
not only influences the listener's current subjective emotional state, but is also associated …

Music can evoke different positive emotions, such as reward-related experiences of “fun,”
the experience of “tender positive” emotions, or extremely pleasurable experiences such as …

Music is a universal feature of human societies, partly owing to its power to evoke strong
emotions and influence moods. During the past decade, the investigation of the neural …

Music has always been recognized as a fundamental art, capable of putting in
communication and in relation mind, spirit, and emotions. For ancient Greeks, the essence of …

Music, a universal art form that exists in every culture around the world, is integral to a
number of social and courtship activities, and is closely associated with other creative …

Prior neuroimaging studies of music-evoked emotions have shown that music listening
involves the activation of cortical and subcortical regions. However, these regions could be …

The number of studies investigating music processing in the human brain continues to
increase, with a large proportion of them focussing on the correlates of so‐called musical …

MUSIC LISTENING AND MAKING ACTIVATES A multitude of brain structures, the
engagement of which is likely to have beneficial effects on the psychological and …