Feeling moved by music: Investigating continuous ratings and acoustic correlates

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261151
• Publication Date: 2022-01-12T18:26:09Z
• Authors: Jonna K. Vuoskoski; Janis H. Zickfeld; Vinoo Alluri; Vishnu Moorthigari; Beate Seibt
• Keywords: Sadness; Music psychology; Music and emotion

The experience often described as feeling moved, understood chiefly a social-relational emotion with social bonding functions, has gained significant research interest in recent years. Although listening to music evokes what people describe very little is known about the appraisals or musical features contributing experience. In present study, we investigated experiences of moved response using continuous rating paradigm. A total 415 US participants completed an online experiment where they listened seven moving excerpts and rated their while listening. Each excerpt was randomly coupled one scales (perceived sadness, perceived joy, touched, sense connection, beauty, warmth [in chest], chills) for each participant. results revealed that musically evoked are associated similar pattern appraisals, physiological sensations, trait correlations by videos depicting scenarios (found previous studies). Feeling touched both sadly joyfully experiencing connection perceiving joy music, sadness only case music. Acoustic related arousal contributed Finally, empathic concern positively These findings support role cognitive processes listening, highlight aspects