Investigation of the effect of mode and tempo on emotional responses to music using EEG power asymmetry

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 142-147

  Trochidis, Konstantinos ^a   Bigand, Emmanuel ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

EEG asymmetry; Emotion; Mode; Music; Tempo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSATION; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 84880776853     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000099     Document Type: Article

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