Associations of aesthetic experiences with listeners' physiology in music segments of live concerts

Abstract

A study of 690 participants attending classical public concerts was conducted with the goal of analyzing the associations between self-reported aesthetic experiences and listeners' physiological responses. The concerts staged chamber music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Brett Dean, and Johannes Brahms. Participants' physiological signals were recorded with wearable sensors during the concerts. After the concerts, music segments were individually presented to participants, and the participants' experiences of the music segment were obtained using the Aesthetic Emotions Scale.