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Evidence from young children regarding emotional responses to music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Steven John Holochwost  and
Carroll E. Izard
Steven John Holochwost
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711. sholochw@email.unc.eduizard@psych.udel.eduhttp://psych.udel.edu/people/faculty/izard.asp
Carroll E. Izard
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711. sholochw@email.unc.eduizard@psych.udel.eduhttp://psych.udel.edu/people/faculty/izard.asp
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Abstract

Juslin & Västfjäll (J&V) propose a theoretical framework of how music may evoke an emotional response. This commentary presents results from a pilot study that employed young children as participants, and measured musically induced emotions through facial expressions. Preliminary findings support certain aspects of the proposed theoretical framework. The implications of these findings on future research employing the proposed framework are discussed.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 581 - 582
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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