This is the first comprehensive theoretical article on aesthetic emotions. Following Kant's
definition, we propose that it is the first and foremost characteristic of aesthetic emotions to …

Music has always played a central role in human culture. The question of how musical
sounds can have such profound emotional and rewarding effects has been a topic of interest …

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) describes the experience of tingling
sensations in the crown of the head, in response to a range of audio-visual triggers such as …

Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

Music ranks among the greatest human pleasures. It consistently engages the reward
system, and converging evidence implies it exploits predictions to do so. Both prediction …

Moving to music is an essential human pleasure particularly related to musical groove.
Structurally, music associated with groove is often characterised by rhythmic complexity in …

The field of music and emotion research has grown rapidly and diversified during the last
decade. This has led to a certain degree of confusion and inconsistency between competing …

Depression is a very common mood disorder, resulting in a loss of social function, reduced
quality of life and increased mortality. Music interventions have been shown to be a potential …

Music perception involves acoustic analysis, auditory memory, auditory scene analysis,
processing of interval relations, of musical syntax and semantics, and activation of (pre) …

This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an
overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental …