Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania.
PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e30618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030618. Epub 2012 Jan 24.
This study investigated the effects of voluntarily empathizing with a musical performer (i.e., cognitive empathy) on music-induced emotions and their underlying physiological activity. N = 56 participants watched video-clips of two operatic compositions performed in concerts, with low or high empathy instructions. Heart rate and heart rate variability, skin conductance level (SCL), and respiration rate (RR) were measured during music listening, and music-induced emotions were quantified using the Geneva Emotional Music Scale immediately after music listening. Listening to the aria with sad content in a high empathy condition facilitated the emotion of nostalgia and decreased SCL, in comparison to the low empathy condition. Listening to the song with happy content in a high empathy condition also facilitated the emotion of power and increased RR, in comparison to the low empathy condition. To our knowledge, this study offers the first experimental evidence that cognitive empathy influences emotion psychophysiology during music listening.
本研究旨在探讨主动共情音乐演奏者（即认知共情）对音乐引起的情绪及其潜在生理活动的影响。N=56 名参与者观看了两部歌剧作品在音乐会上的视频片段，其中包括低共情和高共情指令。在音乐聆听过程中测量了心率和心率变异性、皮肤电导率水平（SCL）和呼吸率（RR），并在音乐聆听后立即使用日内瓦情感音乐量表量化了音乐引起的情绪。与低共情条件相比，在高共情条件下聆听具有悲伤内容的咏叹调促进了怀旧情绪，并降低了 SCL。在高共情条件下聆听具有快乐内容的歌曲也促进了力量感，并增加了 RR，与低共情条件相比。据我们所知，这项研究首次提供了实验证据，表明认知共情会影响音乐聆听过程中的情绪生理。
