Ehlert

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Completed research project

Title / Titel	Sensation seeking, music preference, and psychophysiological reactivity
PDF	Abstract (PDF, 14 KB)
Summary / Zusammenfassung	The personality construct 'sensation seeking' (SS) as defined by Zuckerman can be used as an explanation for behavioral phenomena that are wide spread but little understood, such as the preference of arousing music styles. Embedded in a psychobiological theory of personality, SS is closely related to a number of biological variables. We hypothesize that subjects with high levels of SS would prefer aggressive and arousing music to peaceful and comforting music and show attenuated psychophysiological reactivity to aggressive and arousing music.
Keywords / Suchbegriffe	psychophysiology, music, personality
Project leadership and contacts / Projektleitung und Kontakte	lic. phil. Urs Nater ursnater@klipsy.uzh.ch Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Ehlert (Project Leader) ehlertu@klipsy.uzh.ch
Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch	Others Zu Lasten Institutskredit
Duration of Project / Projektdauer	Oct 2003 to Sep 2003