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Integration of cognition and emotion in physical and mental actions in musical and other behaviors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Martin Frederick Gardiner
Martin Frederick Gardiner*
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Department of Education, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. martin_gardiner@brown.edu http://www.brown.edu/academics/education/
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Abstract

Integration of cognition and emotion, discussed by Pessoa in The Cognitive-Emotional Brain (2013), is further illustrated by music. In music, I argue, this integration begins during mental control of the actions by which musical sounds are produced. Many emotional reactions to the music we hear are also strongly related to the actions by which musical sounds are produced. Studies involving music can further illuminate the integration of emotion and control of action throughout behavior.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e76
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