Music is in the muscle: How embodied cognition may influence music preferences

Music Perception

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-305

  Sedlmeier, Peter ^a   Weigelt, Oliver ^a   Walther, Eva ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body movement; Conditioning; Dance; Embodiment; Music preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954496523     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/MP.2011.28.3.297     Document Type: Article

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