Doctoral thesis sintesis.

Doctoral thesis sintesis
The main objective of this thesis was the investigation of music-induced emotions, especially
operatic music. Our studies showed that music induces specific emotions which corelated with
coresponding physiological responses, emphasizing some of the important mechanisms
underlying musical emotions. Moreover, we extended previous observations concerning
musicians and non-musicians differences, mapping for the first time the affective space of an
entire musical composition. The results suggest important implications for future research on
musical-induced emotions in general, operatic music in particular. Our research revealed that
music is a complex stimuli, which allows the experience of multiple and various emotions that
emerge and develop in a relatively short period of time. No other known stimuli, word or image,
has such an important effect.