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From everyday emotions to aesthetic emotions: towards a unified theory of musical emotions.

Patrik N. Juslin
- 01 Sep 2013 - 
- Vol. 10, Iss: 3, pp 235-266
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An updated and expanded version of the multi-level framework that aims to explain emotional responses to music in terms of a large set of psychological mechanisms is offered, with the addition of a mechanism corresponding to aesthetic judgments of the music, to better account for typical 'appreciation emotions' such as admiration and awe.
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This article is published in Physics of Life Reviews.The article was published on 2013-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 423 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Aesthetic emotions & Music and emotion.

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Move me, astonish me… delight my eyes and brain: The Vienna Integrated Model of top-down and bottom-up processes in Art Perception (VIMAP) and corresponding affective, evaluative, and neurophysiological correlates.

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The Distancing–Embracing model of the enjoyment of negative emotions in art reception

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