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Syncopation, body-movement and pleasure in groove music.

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Moving to music is an essential human pleasure particularly related to musical groove. Structurally, music associated with groove is often characterised by rhythmic complexity in the form of syncopation, frequently observed in musical styles such as funk, hip-hop and electronic dance music. Structural complexity has been related to positive affect in music more broadly, but the function of syncopation in eliciting pleasure and body-movement in groove is unknown. Here we report results from a ...

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10.1371/journal.pone.0094446

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Music Faculty
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Music Faculty
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
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PLoS
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PloS one More from this journal
Volume:
9
Issue:
4
Pages:
e94446
Publication date:
2014-04-16
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EISSN:
1932-6203
ISSN:
1932-6203
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English
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pubs:462301
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uuid:48a24a75-5f4f-44ce-ad7e-26a011dffc44
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462301
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2014-06-17

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