Musical PiloerectionShow others and affiliations
2012 (English)In: Music & Medicine, ISSN 1943-8621, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 82-89Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Piloerection (from the Latin pilus for hair) is a skin response which can be observed at many occasions among various species as a reaction to fear, aggression, or coldness. It is also a human response to music and in these cases a highly pleasurable one. Not everyone experiences it, and it is particularly difficult to evoke the reaction in experimental settings. We accidentally happened to catch a spontaneous distinct reaction with finger temperature, skin conductance, heart rate, and respiration. This allows us to study how these emotion correlates online with the music—the dynamics of the event. From this and recent articles, we discuss suggestions of how music causes piloerection.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. Vol. 4, no 2, p. 82-89
Keywords [en]
arousal, autonomic nervous system, musical piloerection, sensorimotor system, valence
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-33445DOI: 10.1177/1943862112436562Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84990353479OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-33445DiVA, id: diva2:1039209
2016-10-212016-10-212018-01-03Bibliographically approved