Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring 9, D-53111 Bonn, Germany.
Behav Brain Res. 2011 Dec 1;225(2):511-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.08.012. Epub 2011 Aug 12.
The present fMRI study investigates individual differences in human brain activity during listening to one's favorite and one's most unlikeable song. In 33 participants, we found that the contrast of listening to pleasant versus unpleasant music revealed a robust activation of the ventral striatum, the caudate nucleus and the insula across a group of participants. Moreover, we could demonstrate that activity within the ventral striatum was modulated by the subscale 'self-forgetfulness' of the character dimension 'self-transcendence'.
本 fMRI 研究调查了个体在听自己喜欢的歌曲和最不喜欢的歌曲时大脑活动的差异。在 33 名参与者中，我们发现，与不愉快音乐相比，愉悦音乐的对比显示出腹侧纹状体、尾状核和脑岛在一组参与者中的强烈激活。此外，我们可以证明，腹侧纹状体的活动受到人格维度“自我超越”的“忘我”子量表的调节。
