Music performance anxiety in skilled pianists: Effects of social-evaluative performance situation on subjective, autonomic, and electromyographic reactions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-126

  Yoshie, Michiko ^a,b   Kudo, Kazutoshi ^a   Murakoshi, Takayuki ^a   Ohtsuki, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Electromyography; Motor control; Music performance anxiety; Pianist; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSIC; PERFORMING ARTIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; SWEATING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350029072     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1979-y     Document Type: Article

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