The chill parameter: Goose bumps and shivers as promising measures in emotion research

Music Perception

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Grewe, Oliver ^a   Kopiez, Reinhard ^a   Altenmüller, Eckart ^a  

^a Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chills; Emotion; Heart rate; Music; Skin conductance response

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649085582     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2009.27.1.61     Document Type: Article

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