Effects of music on physiological arousal: Explorations into tempo and genre

Media Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-363

  Dillman Carpentier, Francesca R ^a,c   Potter, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 35349009503     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260701533045     Document Type: Article

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