Title
Does art reduce pain and stress? A registered report protocol of investigating autonomic and endocrine markers of music, visual art, and multimodal aesthetic experience
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Abstract
The pain- and stress-reducing effects of music are well-known, but the effects of visual art, and the combination of these two, are much less investigated. We aim to (1) investigate the pain- and (2) stress-reducing effects of multimodal (music + visual art) aesthetic experience as we expect this to have stronger effects than a single modal aesthetic experience (music/ visual art), and in an exploratory manner, (3) investigate the underlying mechanisms of aesthetic experience, and the (4) individual differences. In a repeated-measures design (music, visual art, multimodal aesthetic experience, control) participants bring self-selected “movingly beautiful” visual artworks and pieces of music to the lab, where pain and stress are induced by the cold pressor test. Activity of the pain and stress responsive systems are measured by subjective reports, autonomic (electrocardiography, electrodermal activity, salivary alpha-amylase) and endocrine markers (salivary cortisol).
Keywords
PainEmotionsPsychological stressVisionMusic perceptionSensory perceptionPsychological attitudesMusic cognition
Object type
Language
English [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1632201
Appeared in
Title
PLOS ONE
Volume
17
Issue
4
ISSN
1932-6203
Issued
2022
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date issued
2022
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