Sex differences in finger temperature response to music

McFarland, Richard; Kadish, Rochele

doi:10.1016/0167-8760(91)90024-r

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“…Songs selected for lower SCL also decreased ST more than songs selected for higher SCL. Since the former tended to also decrease the mood valence more than the latter, this result is in line with the part of literature that attributes lower skin temperatures to negatively valenced music [20], [26], [28], [30]. And as a consequence, it does not comply with the results of others claiming the opposite [7], [25].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…For example, higher skin conductance levels have been reported with high percussive, more arousing music compared to low percussive music, low arousing music [24]. The other mood dimension, valence [10], has been repeatedly related to skin temperature (ST) [7], [25], [26], [27], [28]. However, there is no clear agreement on the direction of this relation: Where several authors [20], [26], [29], [30] agree in reporting a lower skin temperature for negatively valenced experiences, others [7], [25] find the opposite, namely lower skin temperatures for positively valenced music.…”

Section: Music Listening In Everyday Lifementioning

confidence: 96%

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Directing Physiology and Mood through Music: Validation of an Affective Music Player

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Janssen

Westerink

2013

IEEE Trans. Affective Comput.

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Music is important in everyday life, as it provides entertainment and influences our moods. As music is widely available, it is becoming increasingly difficult to select songs to suit our mood. An affective music player can remove this obstacle by taking a desired mood as input and then selecting songs that direct toward that desired mood. In the present study, we validate the concept of an affective music player directing the energy dimension of mood. User models were trained for 10 participants based on skin conductance changes to songs from their own music database. Based on the resulting user models, the songs that most increased or decreased the skin conductance level of the participants were selected to induce either a relatively energized or a calm mood. Experiments were conducted in a real-world office setting. The results showed that a reliable prediction can be made of the impact of a song on skin conductance, that skin conductance and mood can be directed toward an energized or calm state and that skin conductance remains in these states for at least 30 minutes. All in all, this study shows that the concept and models of the affective music player worked in an ecologically valid setting, suggesting the feasibility of using physiological responses in real-life affective computing applications.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Music Listening In Everyday Lifementioning

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Directing Physiology and Mood through Music: Validation of an Affective Music Player

Zwaag

Janssen

Westerink

2013

IEEE Trans. Affective Comput.

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“…Differences in finger temperature have also been shown, with the highest decreases during music excerpts that were supposed to induce sadness and fear (Krumhansl, 1997) and an increase after sedative music (Kibler and Rider, 1983). However, studies are not consistent with regards to results in finger temperature: in one study, women showed greater temperature decrease to music than men, but no differences were found between an arousing and a relaxing music piece (McFarland and Kadish, 1991). Another study also found no differences between two different music pieces (Vanderark and Ely, 1994).…”

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Sex differences in emotional and psychophysiological responses to musical stimuli

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Abbruzzese

Krebs

et al. 2006

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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“…In a telephone screening, criteria for eligibility of interested participants (female sex, BMI between 18–25 kg/m 2 , 20–30 years of age, [Swiss] German as native language and a regular menstrual cycle) were verified. Female sex was chosen to control for gender differences, as sexual dimorphism in both the HPA axis response to psychosocial stress [48,49] and in physiological and emotional responses to 9 music listening [6,29,50] have been observed in the past. Given their confounding effect on the organism in general, and the HPA axis in particular, exclusion criteria of the current study were the following; current depression, self-reported acute and chronic somatic or psychiatric disorders, medication, use of hormonal contraceptives, use of psychoactive substances, and excessive consumption of alcohol (> 2 alcohol beverages / day) or tobacco (> 5 cigarettes / day).…”

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The Effect of Music on the Human Stress Response

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BackgroundMusic listening has been suggested to beneficially impact health via stress-reducing effects. However, the existing literature presents itself with a limited number of investigations and with discrepancies in reported findings that may result from methodological shortcomings (e.g. small sample size, no valid stressor). It was the aim of the current study to address this gap in knowledge and overcome previous shortcomings by thoroughly examining music effects across endocrine, autonomic, cognitive, and emotional domains of the human stress response.MethodsSixty healthy female volunteers (mean age = 25 years) were exposed to a standardized psychosocial stress test after having been randomly assigned to one of three different conditions prior to the stress test: 1) relaxing music (‘Miserere’, Allegri) (RM), 2) sound of rippling water (SW), and 3) rest without acoustic stimulation (R). Salivary cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase (sAA), heart rate (HR), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), subjective stress perception and anxiety were repeatedly assessed in all subjects. We hypothesized that listening to RM prior to the stress test, compared to SW or R would result in a decreased stress response across all measured parameters.ResultsThe three conditions significantly differed regarding cortisol response (p = 0.025) to the stressor, with highest concentrations in the RM and lowest in the SW condition. After the stressor, sAA (p=0.026) baseline values were reached considerably faster in the RM group than in the R group. HR and psychological measures did not significantly differ between groups.ConclusionOur findings indicate that music listening impacted the psychobiological stress system. Listening to music prior to a standardized stressor predominantly affected the autonomic nervous system (in terms of a faster recovery), and to a lesser degree the endocrine and psychological stress response. These findings may help better understanding the beneficial effects of music on the human body.

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Sex differences in finger temperature response to music

Cited by 23 publications

References 9 publications

Directing Physiology and Mood through Music: Validation of an Affective Music Player

Directing Physiology and Mood through Music: Validation of an Affective Music Player

Sex differences in emotional and psychophysiological responses to musical stimuli

The Effect of Music on the Human Stress Response

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