Acquiring musical knowledge increases music liking: Evidence from a neurophysiological study.

ABSTRACT: People possessing musical knowledge tend to enjoy music more, but the linkage remains to be determined. Based on the shared affective motion experience model for music appreciation, we hypothesized that acquiring musical knowledge about the music itself, for example, an analytical understanding of music elements and the related emotional expressions, would increase music liking. To test the hypothesis, we asked 48 participants to learn analytical or historical information about a piece of music by watching a pre-recorded teaching video. Learners' physiological responses, such as skin conductance and heart rate, were recorded during learning. The increase of music liking was observed after both types of knowledge acquisition, but more so for analytical knowledge. Notably, acquiring analytic

SUBMITTER: Hou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11608780 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature