Towards a neural basis of music-evoked emotions
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Music is capable of evoking exceptionally strong emotions and of reliably affecting the mood of individuals. Functional neuroimaging and lesion studies show that music-evoked emotions can modulate activity in virtually all limbic and paralimbic brain structures. These structures are crucially involved in the initiation, generation, detection, maintenance, regulation and termination of emotions that have survival value for the individual and the species. Therefore, at least some music-evoked emotions involve the very core of evolutionarily adaptive neuroaffective mechanisms. Because dysfunctions in these structures are related to emotional disorders, a better understanding of music-evoked emotions and their neural correlates can lead to a more systematic and effective use of music in therapy.
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- Authors
- Koelsch, S.
- Affiliations
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Koelsch, Stefan
- ORCID
- Koelsch, Stefan
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-03
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 131-137
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2121938245
- Cited by
- 651
- References
- 91
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 41 · 2016: 41 · 2015: 40 · 2014: 54 · 2013: 60 · 2012: 27
- FWCI
- 2.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- music-evoked emotion, neural basis of emotion, limbic system, emotional disorders, music therapy, functional neuroimaging, lesion studies
- MeSH terms
- Acoustic Stimulation, Auditory Perception, Brain, Emotions, Humans, Limbic System, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Music, Neural Pathways
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