This is the first comprehensive theoretical article on aesthetic emotions. Following Kant's
definition, we propose that it is the first and foremost characteristic of aesthetic emotions to …

The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that an individual's experience of emotion is
influenced by feedback from their facial movements. To evaluate the cumulative evidence for …

Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

What is the nature of the feelings evoked by music? We investigated how people represent
the subjective experiences associated with Western and Chinese music and the form in …

The field of music and emotion research has grown rapidly and diversified during the last
decade. This has led to a certain degree of confusion and inconsistency between competing …

The position of emotion in music has been a subject of considerable interest and debate.
However emotional aspects of music have received surprising little attention in the 45 years …

This study explores listeners' experience of music-evoked sadness. Sadness is typically
assumed to be undesirable and is therefore usually avoided in everyday life. Yet the …

Music is universal at least partly because it expresses emotion and regulates affect.
Associations between music and emotion have been examined regularly by music …

The idea that people can experience two oppositely valenced emotions has been
controversial ever since early attempts to investigate the construct of mixed emotions. This …

How do people feel when they experience bittersweet events comprised of pleasant and
unpleasant aspects (eg, good news accompanied by bad)? Just as acids immediately …