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Identifying and individuating the psychological mechanisms that underlie musical emotions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Helge Malmgren
Helge Malmgren
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. helge.malmgren@filosofi.gu.sehttp://maya.phil.gu.se/helge
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Abstract

Juslin & Västfjäll (J&V) have suggested a promising theoretical framework for understanding musical emotions. However, the way they classify the hypothetical underlying psychological mechanisms suffers from certain weaknesses, both in principle and when it comes to details. It is proposed that the authors consider incorporating ideas from a recent dissertation that has advanced another multimechanism theory of musical emotions.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 587 - 588
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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