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Bodily maps of uncertainty and surprise in musical chord progression and the underlying emotional response.
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- Bodily sensations, emotions, and personality traits in the aesthetic experience of everyday photographs.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Emotional responses to auditory hierarchical structures is shaped by bodily sensations and listeners' sensory traits.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Music in the Air and in the Body: An Interoceptive System's Perspective on Musical Emotions, Awareness, and Time.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Protocol to visualize a bodily map of musical uncertainty and prediction.STAR protocols · 2024Article
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Abstract
Music has profoundly shaped the human experience across cultures and generations, yet its impact on our minds and bodies remains elusive. This study examined how the perception of musical chord elicits bodily sensations and emotions through the brain's predictive processing. By deploying body-mapping tests and emotional evaluations on 527 participants exposed to chord progressions, we unveiled the intricate interplay between musical uncertainty, prediction error in eliciting specific bodily sensations and emotions. Our results demonstrated that certain chord progressions elicit cardiac and abdominal sensations, linked to interoception, and associated with aesthetic appreciation and positive valence. These findings highlight the crucial role of musical uncertainty and prediction error in emotional response and sound embodiment. This study offers insight into the potential connection between music-induced interoception and mental well-being, underscoring the musical effects on our minds and bodies.
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