Cluster of Excellence "Languages of Emotion", Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2010 Mar;14(3):131-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.01.002. Epub 2010 Feb 10.
Music is capable of evoking exceptionally strong emotions and of reliably affecting the mood of individuals. Functional neuroimaging and lesion studies show that music-evoked emotions can modulate activity in virtually all limbic and paralimbic brain structures. These structures are crucially involved in the initiation, generation, detection, maintenance, regulation and termination of emotions that have survival value for the individual and the species. Therefore, at least some music-evoked emotions involve the very core of evolutionarily adaptive neuroaffective mechanisms. Because dysfunctions in these structures are related to emotional disorders, a better understanding of music-evoked emotions and their neural correlates can lead to a more systematic and effective use of music in therapy.
音乐能够唤起极其强烈的情感，并可靠地影响个体的情绪。功能神经影像学和病变研究表明，音乐引起的情感可以调节几乎所有边缘和边缘下脑结构的活动。这些结构对于个体和物种具有生存价值的情感的启动、产生、检测、维持、调节和终止至关重要。因此，至少一些音乐引起的情感涉及到进化适应性神经情感机制的核心。由于这些结构的功能障碍与情绪障碍有关，因此，更好地理解音乐引起的情感及其神经相关性可以导致更系统和有效的音乐治疗应用。
