EEG ASYMMETRY IN MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS DURING SUBJECTIVE REACTIONS TO MUSIC.
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Title
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EEG ASYMMETRY IN MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS DURING SUBJECTIVE REACTIONS TO MUSIC.
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Identifier
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AAI8212221
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identifier
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8212221
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Creator
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WIENER, MARJORIE SONIA.
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Contributor
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Howard Ehrlichman | Richard J. Davidson
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Date
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1982
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Psychobiology
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Abstract
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EEG alpha was recorded from bilateral Frontal and Temporal-Parietal sites while 12 musicians and 12 non-musicians listened to eight musical excerpts previously categorized as "High Arousal" vs. "Low Arousal" and either "positive" (i.e., "joyful" or "soothing") or "negative" (i.e., "violent" or "sad") in mood. Following each excerpt, subjects rated their reactions to musically evoked moods and also rated: Involvement, Arousal, Visual Imagery, Verbalization, Familiarity and Liking. Results indicated that (1) Arousal ratings are associated with changes in Frontal EEG amplitude, (2) ratings of positive affect are related to Frontal left hemisphere activation. Excerpts categorized as "joyful" in mood evoked greater than average Frontal left hemisphere activation in comparison to other excerpts, and across all excerpts, higher Liking ratings were consistently associated with relative left hemisphere Frontal activation.;In addition to musical excerpts, two spoken excerpts were presented. Musicians and non-musicians showed similar patterns of greater left hemisphere Temporal-Parietal asymmetry during listening to speech than during listening to music. However, during music-listening, musicians and non-musicians exhibited different patterns of correlations between Arousal ratings and mood ratings for excerpts which elicited relative right vs. relative left hemisphere asymmetry. The data suggest that musicians and non-musicians may differ from each other in regard to the nature of left hemisphere involvement in reactions to music.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
