Aesthetic responses to music: A questionnaire study

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-206

  Istók, Eva ^a,b   Brattico, Elvira ^a,b   Jacobsen, Thomas ^c   Krohn, Kaisu ^a   Müller, Mira ^c   Tervaniemi, Mari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Beauty; Concept; Emotions; Verbal association

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649083891     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102986490901300201     Document Type: Article

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