title: Tension-related activity in the orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala: an fMRI study with music.
abstract: Tonal music is characterized by a continuous flow of tension and resolution. This flow of tension and resolution is closely related to processes of expectancy and prediction and is a key mediator of music-evoked emotions. However, the neural correlates of subjectively experienced tension and resolution have not yet been investigated. We acquired continuous ratings of musical tension for four piano pieces. In a subsequent functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment, we identified blood oxygen level-dependent signal increases related to musical tension in the left lateral orbitofrontal cortex (pars orbitalis of the inferior frontal gyrus). In addition, a region of interest analysis in bilateral amygdala showed activation in the right superficial amygdala during periods of increasing tension (compared with decreasing tension). This is the first neuroimaging study investigating the time-varying changes of the emotional experience of musical tension, revealing brain activity in key areas of affective processing.
authors: Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany and MIT Intelligence Initiative, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors: Moritz
authors: M
authors: Lehne
authors: Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany and MIT Intelligence Initiative, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany and MIT Intelligence Initiative, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Rohrmeier
authors: Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany and MIT Intelligence Initiative, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA koelsch@cbs.mpg.de.
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Koelsch
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000162:Acoustics; D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen
keywords: emotion; expectancy; fMRI; music; tension-resolution patterns
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