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Passive music listening spontaneously engages limbic and paralimbic systems

Brown, Steven, Martinez, Michael J., Parsons, Lawrence M.·2004·NeuroReport

DOI 10.1097/00001756-200409150-00008

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In this PET study, non-musicians passively listened to unfamiliar instrumental music revealed afterward to elicit strongly pleasant feelings. Activations were observed in the subcallosal cingulate gyrus, prefrontal anterior cingulate, retrosplenial cortex, hippocampus, anterior insula, and nucleus accumbens. This is the first observation of spontaneous responses in such limbic and paralimbic areas during passive listening to unfamiliar although liked music. Activations were also seen in primary auditory, secondary auditory, and temporal polar areas known to respond to music. Our findings complement neuroimaging studies of aesthetic responses to music that have used stimuli selected by subjects or designed by experimenters. The observed pattern of activity is discussed in terms of a model synthesizing emotional and cognitive responses to music.

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Authors: Brown, S., Martinez, M. J., & Parsons, L. M.
Affiliations: The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
ORCID: Brown, Steven
Parsons, Lawrence M.
Venue: NeuroReport
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2004-09
Volume: 15
Issue: 13
Pages: 2033-2037
ISSN: 0959-4965 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200409150-00008
OpenAlex: W2098270502
Cited by: 468
References: 24
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 23
FWCI: 6.08
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Neuroreport (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
Keywords: passive music listening, music appreciation, limbic system, paralimbic system, emotional response to music, music aesthetics, anterior cingulate cortex, retrosplenial cortex, hippocampus, anterior insula, nucleus accumbens, auditory cortex, non-musicians, unfamiliar music
MeSH terms: Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Functional Laterality, Limbic System, Male, Middle Aged, Music, Temporal Lobe, Positron-Emission Tomography

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