Pleasurable emotional response to music: A case of neurodegenerative generalized auditory agnosia

Neurocase

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-259

  Matthews, Brandy R ^a   Chang, Chiung Chih ^b   de May, Mary ^b   Engstrom, John ^b   Miller, Bruce L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory agnosia; Emotion; Music; Musical hallucinations; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; EMOTION; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MUSIC; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PITCH; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ATROPHY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMOTIONS; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSIC; NERVE NET; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLEASURE; REWARD;

EID: 74749106191     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790802632934     Document Type: Article

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