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Mind the gap: The mediating role of emotion mechanisms in social bonding through musical activities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Patrik N. Juslin Open the ORCID record for Patrik N. Juslin [Opens in a new window]
Patrik N. Juslin*
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Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, SE-751 42, Uppsala, Sweden. patrik.juslin@psyk.uu.se; https://www.psyk.uu.se/forskning/forskargrupper/the-music-psychology-group/
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Abstract

I support the music and social bonding (MSB) framework, but submit that the authors' predictions lack discriminative power, and that they do not engage sufficiently with the emotion mechanisms that mediate between musical features and social bonding. I elaborate on how various mechanisms may contribute, in unique ways, to social bonding at various levels to help account for the socio-emotional effects of music.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e80
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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