Amygdala activity can be modulated by unexpected chord functions during music listening

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1815-1819

  Koelsch, Stefan ^a,b   Fritz, Thomas ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Functional MRI; Music

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149140884     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32831a8722     Document Type: Article

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