Who enjoys listening to sad music and why?

Music Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-317

  Vuoskoski, Jonna K ^a   Thompson, William F ^b   McIlwain, Doris ^b   Eerola, Tuomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empathy; Music Induced Emotions; Openness To Experience; Preference; Sadness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856927714     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2012.29.3.311     Document Type: Article

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