We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 30 functional magnetic resonance
imaging studies investigating processing of musical rhythms in neurotypical adults. First, we …

Music is ubiquitous across human cultures—as a source of affective and pleasurable
experience, moving us both physically and emotionally—and learning to play music shapes …

Emotions, bodily sensations and movement are integral parts of musical experiences. Yet, it
remains unknown i) whether emotional connotations and structural features of music elicit …

Listening to music often evokes intense emotions [1, 2]. Recent research suggests that
musical pleasure comes from positive reward prediction errors, which arise when what is …

The sensation of groove has been defined as the pleasurable desire to move to music,
suggesting that both motor timing and reward processes are involved in this experience …

This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an
overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental …

Ancient and culturally universal, dance pervades many areas of life and has multiple
benefits. In this article, we provide a conceptual framework and systematic review, as a …

Groove—defined as the pleasurable urge to move to a rhythm—depends on a fine-tuned
interplay between predictability arising from repetitive rhythmic patterns, and surprise arising …

Why do humans spontaneously dance to music? To test the hypothesis that motor dynamics
reflect predictive timing during music listening, we created melodies with varying degrees of …

Previous literature has shown that music preferences (and thus preferred musical features)
differ depending on the listening context and reasons for listening (RL). Yet, to our …