Being moved by listening to unfamiliar sad music induces reward-related hormonal changes in empathic listeners
(2021)
Journal Article
Eerola, T., Vuoskoski, J., Kautiainen, H., Peltola, H., Putkinen, V., & Schäfer, K. (2021). Being moved by listening to unfamiliar sad music induces reward-related hormonal changes in empathic listeners. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1502(1), 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14660
Many people enjoy sad music and the appeal for tragedy is widespread among the consumers of film and literature. The underlying mechanisms of such aesthetic experiences are not well understood. We tested whether the pleasure induced by sad, unfamilia... Read More about Being moved by listening to unfamiliar sad music induces reward-related hormonal changes in empathic listeners.