Being emotionally moved is associated with phasic physiological calming during tonic physiological arousal from pleasant tears
| Autor: | Makoto Iwanaga, Kazuma Mori |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Audiology 050105 experimental psychology Pleasure Tonic (physiology) Arousal 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physiology (medical) medicine Attachment theory Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychoacoustics media_common General Neuroscience 05 social sciences Chills Autonomic nervous system Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Auditory Perception Tears medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Music |
| Zdroj: | International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. 159 |
| ISSN: | 1872-7697 |
| Popis: | The experience of being emotionally “moved” is considered a valuable emotional experience. Although pleasant chills (goosebumps and shivers) and tears (weeping and a lump in the throat) are commonly associated with the experience of being emotionally moved, no previous studies have examined which of these psychophysiological responses is the most intrinsic to the phenomenon of being moved. We conducted two music listening experiments to examine this question. Both experiments revealed that, when chills and tears were reliably separated, chills evoked phasic increases in electrodermal activity, whereas tears induced phasic decreases in heart and respiration rate during tonic physiological arousal. Importantly, whereas tears predicted the experience of being moved, experiencing chills did not. Furthermore, psychoacoustic features of music did not explain the physiological response of chills and tears. The results demonstrated that the experience of being moved involved a sense of pleasure coupled with psychophysiological relief from tension. Based on extended attachment theory, the sequential process of physiological arousal to physiological calming, which is derived from abstract life-guiding ideas via the combination of sound and lyrics, may be important for evoking the experience of being emotionally moved. These psychophysiological characteristics could explain why people seek to be moved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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