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Driving Under the Influence: How Music Listening Affects Driving Behaviors
Published on: March 27, 2019
Reflections on music, affect, and sociality
Matthew Sachs1, Assal Habibi1, Hanna Damasio1
1Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Abstract:
Music is an important facet of and practice in human cultures, significantly related to its capacity to induce a range of intense and complex emotions. Studying the psychological and neurophysiological responses to music allows us to examine and uncover the neural mechanisms underlying the emotional impact of music. We provide an overview of different aspects of current research on how music listening produces emotions and the corresponding feelings, and consider the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms. We conclude with evidence to suggest that musical training may influence the ability to recognize the emotions of others.
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