Electrophysiological correlates of aesthetic music processing: Comparing experts with laypersons

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1169, Issue , 2009, Pages 355-358

  Müller, Mira ^a   Höfel, Lea ^b   Brattico, Elvira ^c,d   Jacobsen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Private Clinic for Dentistry and Aesthetics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; EEG; ERP; Evaluation; Expertise; Judgment processes; Music aesthetics; Music perception; Preferences

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MUSIC; TRAINING;

EID: 68649089981     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04846.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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