Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical Performance
The research on neural correlates of intentional emotion communication by the music performer is still limited. In this study, we attempted to evaluate EEG patterns recorded from musicians who were instructed to perform a simple piano score while manipulating their manner of play to express specific...
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| author | Jachin Edward Pousson Aleksandras Voicikas Valdis Bernhofs Evaldas Pipinis Lana Burmistrova Yuan-Pin Lin Inga Griškova-Bulanova |
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| description | The research on neural correlates of intentional emotion communication by the music performer is still limited. In this study, we attempted to evaluate EEG patterns recorded from musicians who were instructed to perform a simple piano score while manipulating their manner of play to express specific contrasting emotions and self-rate the emotion they reflected on the scales of arousal and valence. In the emotional playing task, participants were instructed to improvise variations in a manner by which the targeted emotion is communicated. In contrast, in the neutral playing task, participants were asked to play the same piece precisely as written to obtain data for control over general patterns of motor and sensory activation during playing. The spectral analysis of the signal was applied as an initial step to be able to connect findings to the wider field of music-emotion research. The experimental contrast of emotional playing vs. neutral playing was employed to probe brain activity patterns differentially involved in distinct emotional states. The tasks of emotional and neutral playing differed considerably with respect to the state of intended-to-transfer emotion arousal and valence levels. The EEG activity differences were observed between distressed/excited and neutral/depressed/relaxed playing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-771fec46499c406aa122544e876cee9d2023-11-23T01:23:43ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-11-012122746610.3390/s21227466Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical PerformanceJachin Edward Pousson0Aleksandras Voicikas1Valdis Bernhofs2Evaldas Pipinis3Lana Burmistrova4Yuan-Pin Lin5Inga Griškova-Bulanova6Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, LV-1050 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, LithuaniaJāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, LV-1050 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, LithuaniaJāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, LV-1050 Riga, LatviaInstitute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, TaiwanDepartment of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, LithuaniaThe research on neural correlates of intentional emotion communication by the music performer is still limited. In this study, we attempted to evaluate EEG patterns recorded from musicians who were instructed to perform a simple piano score while manipulating their manner of play to express specific contrasting emotions and self-rate the emotion they reflected on the scales of arousal and valence. In the emotional playing task, participants were instructed to improvise variations in a manner by which the targeted emotion is communicated. In contrast, in the neutral playing task, participants were asked to play the same piece precisely as written to obtain data for control over general patterns of motor and sensory activation during playing. The spectral analysis of the signal was applied as an initial step to be able to connect findings to the wider field of music-emotion research. The experimental contrast of emotional playing vs. neutral playing was employed to probe brain activity patterns differentially involved in distinct emotional states. The tasks of emotional and neutral playing differed considerably with respect to the state of intended-to-transfer emotion arousal and valence levels. The EEG activity differences were observed between distressed/excited and neutral/depressed/relaxed playing.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7466emotionactive performanceEEG |
| spellingShingle | Jachin Edward Pousson Aleksandras Voicikas Valdis Bernhofs Evaldas Pipinis Lana Burmistrova Yuan-Pin Lin Inga Griškova-Bulanova Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical Performance Sensors emotion active performance EEG |
| title | Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical Performance |
| title_full | Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical Performance |
| title_fullStr | Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical Performance |
| title_short | Spectral Characteristics of EEG during Active Emotional Musical Performance |
| title_sort | spectral characteristics of eeg during active emotional musical performance |
| topic | emotion active performance EEG |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7466 |
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