Shivers and timbres: Personality and the experience of chills from music

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-204

  Nusbaum, Emily C ^a   Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic chills; Aesthetic experience; Music; Openness to experience; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051707541     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610386810     Document Type: Article

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