Do film soundtracks contain nonlinear analogues to influence emotion?

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 751-754

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Davitian, Richard ^a   Kaye, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Drama; Emotions; Film soundtracks; Horror; Nonlinear vocalizations

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FILM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOUND VELOCITY; VERTEBRATE; VOCALIZATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649879831     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0333     Document Type: Article

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