ArticleFrontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)2023
Emotional responses to favorite and relaxing music predict music-induced hypoalgesia.
Article in Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06286137 (Duration of Music Interventions and PAiN Tolerance in Healthy Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Duration of Music Interventions and PAiN Tolerance in Healthy Individuals: the DOMINANT Trial
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of music interventions to improve sleep in adults with mental health problems.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024Pooled it
- Self-Chosen Music as a Contributor to Music-Induced Analgesia Across Diverse Socio-Cultural Backgrounds: A Crossover Randomised Controlled Trial.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Trial
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- The Hypoalgesic Effects of Pleasant Music Are Not Fully Explained by Distraction.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Brain network functional connectivity changes induced by music-induced analgesia in fibromyalgia patients.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Effect of Music on Intraoperative Anxiety During Dermatologic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Rock and Classical Genres.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Spatial and temporal connectivity of brain resting-state fMRI during music-induced analgesia in fibromyalgia patients.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Proposed Physiological and Neurobiological Mechanisms of Music's Effect, with a Focus on the Perioperative Period: Literature Evidence from Human, Canine and Feline Medicine.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Implications for the Ergogenic Benefits of Self-Selected Music in Neurological Conditions: A Theoretical Review.Neurology international · 2025Review
- Music in healthcare: Investigating music preferences for pain management across twenty countries.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- A multidisciplinary approach on music induced-analgesia differentiated by socio-cultural background in healthy volunteers (MOSART): A cross-over randomized controlled trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- The psychophysiology of music-based interventions and the experience of pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Impact of Listening to Indian Classical Music, or Rāgas, on the Electroencephalogram: A Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2023Review
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Abstract
Introduction: The hypoalgesic effect of music has long been established. However, the characteristics of music which are important for reducing pain have not been well-studied. Some research has compared subject-selected preferred music to unfamiliar music selected by researchers, and has typically found a superior effect from preferred music. In this study, we sought to discover what aspects of listeners' relationship with their preferred music was important in producing a hypoalgesic effect. Methods: We conducted a thermal pain and music listening experiment with 63 participants (14 male, 49 female, mean age = 21.3), in which music excerpts were paired with thermal stimulations. Pain ratings of intensity and unpleasantness, as well as emotional response variables, were rated on visual analog scales. We also conducted brief structured interviews about participants' favorite music, on which we conducted thematic content analysis. Themes and emotion variables were analyzed for their effects on pain ratings. Results: We first replicated the finding that favorite music outperforms experimenter-selected relaxing music in reducing pain unpleasantness (MD = -7.25, Discussion: We find that music pleasantness and musical chills are salient predictors of music-induced hypoalgesia, and that different categories of favorite music derived from qualitative analysis may engage these emotional pathways to different degrees.
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