Title :
Neurophysiological correlates of different moods and feelings induced by chords and harmonized scales revealed by fMRI
Author :
Numao, Ryousuke ; Nemoto, Iku ; Fujimaki, Takuya
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Environ., Tokyo Denki Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Activated brain areas in response to major, minor, augmented and diminished chords as well as to major and minor harmonized scales were investigated by fMRI. The activated areas for the chord experiments included regions related to emotion processing. Results of the scale experimnts were less straightforward than those of the chord experiments. Possible relationship between the known functions of the areas activated by each category of stimuli and the behavioral (emotinal) effects of the category was discussed.
Keywords :
behavioural sciences computing; biomedical MRI; brain; medical computing; music; neurophysiology; activated brain areas; augmented chord; behavioral effects; chord experiment; diminished chord; emotion processing; fMRI; feelings; major chord; major harmonized scales; minor chord; minor harmonized scales; moods; neurophysiological correlate; stimuli category; Barium; Brain; Educational institutions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mood; Presses; Standards; Affect; Brain; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Music;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609689
