The Rewarding Aspects of Music Listening Are Related to Degree of Emotional Arousal

• Valorie N. Salimpoor ,

  * E-mail: valorie.salimpoor@mail.mcgill.ca

  Affiliations Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Mitchel Benovoy,

  Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Gregory Longo,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Jeremy R. Cooperstock,

  Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Robert J. Zatorre

  Affiliations Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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