Experimental evidence of the roles of music choice, social context, and listener personality in emotional reactions to music

Psychology of Music

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 579-599

  Liljeström, Simon ^a   Juslin, Patrik N ^a   Västfjäll, Daniel ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

choice; emotion; intensity; music; personality; psychophysiology; social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884155692     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735612440615     Document Type: Article

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