Music and brain circuitry: strategies for strengthening evidence-based research for music-based interventions

WG Chen, JR Iversen, MH Kao, P Loui… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
The neuroscience of music and music-based interventions (MBIs) is a fascinating but
challenging research field. While music is a ubiquitous component of every human society …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive sensory neuromodulation in epilepsy: Updates and future perspectives

Z Li, L Chen, C Xu, Z Chen, Y Wang - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Epilepsy, one of the most common neurological disorders, often is not well controlled by
current pharmacological and surgical treatments. Sensory neuromodulation, including multi …

The role of opioid transmission in music‐induced pleasure

E Mas‐Herrero, L Ferreri, G Cardona… - Annals of the New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Studies conducted in rodents indicate a crucial role of the opioid circuit in mediating
objective hedonic reactions to primary rewards. However, it remains unclear whether opioid …

Inter-subject correlations of EEG reflect subjective arousal and acoustic features of music

F Ueno, S Shimada - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Research on music-induced emotion and brain activity is constantly expanding.
Although studies using inter-subject correlation (ISC), a collectively shared brain activity …

Generating new musical preferences from multilevel mapping of predictions to reward

N Kathios, ME Sachs, E Zhang, Y Ou… - Psychological …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Much of what we know and love about music hinges on our ability to make successful
predictions, which appears to be an intrinsically rewarding process. Yet the exact process by …

Anticipating the main theme: A model for understanding prospective memory and reward learning in sonata-form listening

CG Tsai - Musicae Scientiae, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A number of studies have established a connection between musical anticipation and
reward processing, yet the interrelated roles of the musical themes, their anticipatory cues …

Auditory and reward structures reflect the pleasure of musical expectancies during naturalistic listening

BP Gold, MT Pearce, AR McIntosh, C Chang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Enjoying music consistently engages key structures of the neural auditory and reward
systems such as the right superior temporal gyrus (R STG) and ventral striatum (VS) …

Motivated cognitive control during cued anticipation and receipt of unfamiliar musical themes: An fMRI study

CW Li, CG Tsai - Neuropsychologia, 2024 - Elsevier
Principal themes, particularly choruses in pop songs, hold a central place in human music.
Singing along with a familiar chorus tends to elicit pleasure and a sense of belonging …

Decoding peak emotional responses to music from computational acoustic and lyrical features

K Mori - Cognition, 2022 - Elsevier
Music can evoke strong emotions. Research has suggested that pleasurable chills
(shivering) and tears (weeping) are peak emotional responses to music. The present study …

Learning to play a musical instrument in the middle school is associated with superior audiovisual working memory and fluid intelligence: A cross-sectional behavioral …

M Lippolis, D Müllensiefen, K Frieler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Music training, in all its forms, is known to have an impact on behavior both in childhood and
even in aging. In the delicate life period of transition from childhood to adulthood, music …