Film Music Influences How Viewers Relate to Movie Characters

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-153

  Hoeckner, Berthold ^a   Wyatt, Emma W ^a   Decety, Jean ^a   Nusbaum, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Character perception; Empathy; Film music; Mass media

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957655890     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021544     Document Type: Article

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