Music and Emotions in the Brain: Familiarity Matters

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 6; no. 11; p. e27241
• Main Authors: Pereira, Carlos Silva, Teixeira, João, Figueiredo, Patrícia, Xavier, João, Castro, São Luís, Brattico, Elvira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.11.2011; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acoustics; Adult; Animal cognition; Beauty; Biology; Brain; Brain - physiology; Brain mapping; Brain research; Broca's area; Circuits; Cortex (cingulate); Cortex (frontal); Cortex (motor); Ecological monitoring; Emotions; Emotions - physiology; Familiarity; Female; Frontal lobe; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Human subjects; Humans; Limbic System - physiology; Listening; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical imaging; Medicine; Music; Music - psychology; Nervous system; Neuroimaging; Neurosciences; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Physiology; Recognition (Psychology) - physiology; Reinforcement; Reward; Song; Stimuli; Studies; Young Adult; Finland

The importance of music in our daily life has given rise to an increased number of studies addressing the brain regions involved in its appreciation. Some of these studies controlled only for the familiarity of the stimuli, while others relied on pleasantness ratings, and others still on musical pre...