Getting aesthetic chills from music: The connection between openness to experience and frisson

Psychology of Music

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 413-427

  Colver, Mitchell C ^a   El Alayli, Amani ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; frisson; music perception; openness to experience; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964913826     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735615572358     Document Type: Article

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