title: Do mirror neurons explain misattribution of emotions in music?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH 44883, USA. mgridley@heidelberg.edu
authors.forename: Mark C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gridley
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoff
mesh_terms: 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