Music induces universal emotion-related psychophysiological responses: comparing Canadian listeners to Congolese Pygmies.

ABSTRACT: Subjective and psychophysiological emotional responses to music from two different cultures were compared within these two cultures. Two identical experiments were conducted: the first in the Congolese rainforest with an isolated population of Mebenzélé Pygmies without any exposure to Western music and culture, the second with a group of Western music listeners, with no experience with Congolese music. Forty Pygmies and 40 Canadians listened in pairs to 19 music excerpts of 29-99 s in duration in random order (eight from the Pygmy population and 11 Western instrumental excerpts). For both groups, emotion components were continuously measured: subjective feeling (using a two- dimensional valence and arousal rating interface), peripheral physiological activation, and facial expression. While

SUBMITTER: Egermann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4286616 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature