The forgotten role of absorption in music reward

• DOI: 10.32920/25413319
• Publication Date: 2024-03-21T18:49:07Z
• Authors: Gemma Cardona; Laura Ferreri; Urbano Lorenzo-Seva; Frank Russo; Antoni Rodríguez-...
• Keywords: Pleasure; Memory Disorders; Absorption of sound; Emotions; 05 social sciences; 150; Individuality; Absorció acústica; 233; [SCCO]Cognitive science; Reward; Humans; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; Music; Música

<p>Interindividual differences in music-related reward have been characterized as involving five main facets: musical seeking, emotion evocation, mood regulation, social reward, and sensory-motor. An interesting concept related to how humans decode music a rewarding experience is transcendence or absorption (i.e., music-driven states of complete immersion, including momentary loss self-consciousness even time-space disorientation). Here, we investigated the relation between previously facets individual absorption. A first sample participants (N = 370) completed both Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire (BMRQ) Absorption Scale (AIMS). Results showed that constructs were highly interrelated (r 0.78, p < 0.001), indicating higher sensitivity associated with greater tendency states. In addition, four items from AIMS identified suitable be added an extended version BMRQ (eBMRQ). second 550) eBMRQ for validation study. Exploratory confirmatory factor analyses on whole 920) reliable psychometric properties suggested taking into account facet could contribute better characterization pleasure.</p>