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The need to consider underlying mechanisms: A response from dissonance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Isabelle Peretz
Isabelle Peretz
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada. [email protected]://www.brams.umontreal.ca/peretz
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Abstract

Current research on emotional responses to dissonance has yielded consistent data in both developmental psychology and neuroscience. What seems to be lacking is a definition of what might constitute dissonance in non-musical domains. Thus, contrary to Juslin & Västfjäll's (J&V) proposal for the need to distinguish between six broad mechanisms, I argue that future research should rather focus on perceptual determinants of each basic emotion.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 590 - 591
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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