Do mirror neurons explain misattribution of emotions in music?
It is speculated that certain listeners' misattribution of anger in the music of avant garde jazz saxophonists could be explained by the activity of mirror neurons. There is a neurological basis for the human tendency to imitate what is perceived in another person. This may lead to an inference that whatever comparable activity would be required to achieve a similar condition in the imitator is the condition being experienced by the person being imitated.
Gridley
Mark C
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Psychology Department, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH 44883, USA. mgridley@heidelberg.edu
Hoff
Robert
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D000786:Anger / Q000502:physiology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009146:Music; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010469:Perceptual Distortion / Q000502:physiology*; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D012938:Social Perception