Uncertainty and Surprise Jointly Predict Musical Pleasure and Amygdala, Hippocampus, and Auditory Cortex Activity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.067
Abstract: Listening to music often evokes intense emotions [1, 2]. Recent research suggests that musical pleasure comes from positive reward prediction errors, which arise when what is heard proves to be better than expected [3]. Central to… read more here.
Keywords: pleasure; uncertainty; uncertainty surprise; musical pleasure ... See more keywords
The impact of musical pleasure and musical hedonia on verbal episodic memory
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72772-3
Abstract: Music listening is one of the most pleasurable activities in our life. As a rewarding stimulus, pleasant music could induce long-term memory improvements for the items encoded in close temporal proximity. In the present study,… read more here.
Keywords: memory; verbal episodic; musical pleasure; pleasure musical ... See more keywords