Host: The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology
Although it is known that people who have strong experiences related to music are large in number, it is obscure how does strong experiences arise when listening to music. In this light, we investigated the relationship between physical reactions and strong experiences when listening to music. Our findings suggested that a combination of five physical reactions (goose pimples, lump in the throat, shivers down the spine, tears and arousal) is highly related to strong experiences of music listening. The aim of this study was to reveal a relationship between such physical reactions and acoustic features especially dynamic range in music. The result of a quantitative experiment shows that some physical reactions such as goose pimples, lump in the throat, shivers down the spine and arousal are strongly related to dynamic range in music.
