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Towards a neural basis of music-evoked emotions

Koelsch, Stefan·2010·Trends in Cognitive Sciences

DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2010.01.002

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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)
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.01.002
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
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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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