Subjective appraisal of music: Neuroimaging evidence

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1169, Issue , 2009, Pages 308-317

  Brattico, Elvira ^a,b   Jacobsen, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Judgment; Late positive potential (LPP); Liking; Musical preference; Neuroaesthetics

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; MUSIC; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TASTE;

EID: 68649119570     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04843.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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