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Brain Connectivity Networks and the Aesthetic Experience of Music

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  • Mark Reybrouck, Department of Art History, Musicology and Theater Studies, IPEM Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. mark.reybrouck@kuleuven.be.
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  • Peter Vuust
  • Elvira Brattico

Listening to music is above all a human experience, which becomes an aesthetic experience when an individual immerses himself/herself in the music, dedicating attention to perceptual-cognitive-affective interpretation and evaluation. The study of these processes where the individual perceives, understands, enjoys and evaluates a set of auditory stimuli has mainly been focused on the effect of music on specific brain structures, as measured with neurophysiology and neuroimaging techniques. The very recent application of network science algorithms to brain research allows an insight into the functional connectivity between brain regions. These studies in network neuroscience have identified distinct circuits that function during goal-directed tasks and resting states. We review recent neuroimaging findings which indicate that music listening is traceable in terms of network connectivity and activations of target regions in the brain, in particular between the auditory cortex, the reward brain system and brain regions active during mind wandering.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107
JournalBrain sciences
Volume8
Issue6
Number of pages14
ISSN2076-3425
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jun 2018

    Research areas

  • Connectivity network, Default mode network, Music processing, Neuroaesthetics, Reward brain system

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