On the etiology of aesthetic chills: a behavioral genetic study

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Intensely pleasurable responses to music correlate with activity in brain regions implicated in reward and emotion

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Music, Peak Emotion, Auditory Imagery +13

Music Structure and Emotional Response: Some Empirical Findings

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Music, Auditory Imagery, Specific Musical Passages +18

The Emotional Sources of "Chills" Induced by Music

Jaak Panksepp · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 1995 · 648 citations

Music, Music Cognition, Affective Variable +17