Music is well known for its effect on human behavior especially of their bonding and empathy towards others. Music provokes one's emotion and activates mirror neurons and reward system. It also regulates social hormones such as steroid hormones or...
Music is a universal feature of human cultures, and it has both fascinated and troubled many researchers. In this paper we show through the dictator game (DG) that an individual's listening to preferred "chill-inducing" music may promote altruisti...
Studies have shown that music confers plasticity to the brain. In a preliminary pilot study, we examined the effect of music listening on steroid hormones and the relationship between steroid hormone receptor polymorphisms and musical ability. Twe...
本研究の目的は、楽器音(音色)が人間の心理状態をどのように変化させるのかを、心理学的及び音響学的側面から明らかにすることである。第一段階として、打楽器音(体・膜鳴楽器)を用い、聴取者の打楽器音に対する嗜好を調査した。その結果、スレーベルや鈴、拍子木が有意に好まれ、アゴゴベル、ビブラフォンが嫌いな楽器として有意だった。今後、なぜ好まれたのか、あるいは嫌われたのか、嗜好を左右する要因を明らかにしていきたい。The purpose of this study is to examine the ...