The forgotten role of absorption in music reward

Interindividual differences in music‐related reward have been characterized as involving five main facets: musical seeking, emotion evocation, mood regulation, social reward, and sensory‐motor. An interesting concept related to how humans decode music as a rewarding experience is music transcendence...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2022-08, Vol.1514 (1), p.142-154
Main Authors: Cardona, Gemma, Ferreri, Laura, Lorenzo‐Seva, Urbano, Russo, Frank A., Rodriguez‐Fornells, Antoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Cognitive science
Disorientation
Music
Reinforcement
reward
Sensitivity
transcendence
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Summary:Interindividual differences in music‐related reward have been characterized as involving five main facets: musical seeking, emotion evocation, mood regulation, social reward, and sensory‐motor. An interesting concept related to how humans decode music as a rewarding experience is music transcendence or absorption (i.e., music‐driven states of complete immersion, including momentary loss of self‐consciousness or even time‐space disorientation). Here, we investigated the relation between previously characterized facets of music reward and individual differences in music absorption. A first sample of participants (N = 370) completed both the Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire (BMRQ) and the Absorption in Music Scale (AIMS). Results showed that both constructs were highly interrelated (r = 0.78, p 
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/nyas.14790