Suppressing the Chills: Effects of Musical Manipulation on the Chills Response.

ABSTRACT: Research on musical chills has linked the response to multiple musical features; however, there exists no study that has attempted to manipulate musical stimuli to enable causal inferences, meaning current understanding is based mainly on correlational evidence. In the current study, participants who regularly experience chills (N = 24) listened to an original and manipulated version of three pieces reported to elicit chills in a previous survey. Predefined chills sections were removed to create manipulated conditions. The effects of these manipulations on the chills response were assessed through continuous self-reports, and skin conductance measurements. Results show that chills were significantly less frequent following stimulus manipulation across all three pieces. Continuous me

SUBMITTER: Bannister S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6215865 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature