Enhancement of Pleasure during Spontaneous Dance.

ABSTRACT: Dancing emphasizes the motor expression of emotional experiences. The bodily expression of emotions can modulate the subjective experience of emotions, as when adopting emotion-specific postures and faces. Thus, dancing potentially offers a ground for emotional coping through emotional enhancement and regulation. Here we investigated the emotional responses to music in individuals without any prior dance training while they either freely danced or refrained from movement. Participants were also tested while imitating their own dance movements but in the absence of music as a control condition. Emotional ratings and cardio-respiratory measures were collected following each condition. Dance movements were recorded using motion capture. We found that emotional valence was increased specifical

SUBMITTER: Bernardi NF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5712678 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature