Mark Reybrouck
Musical Enjoyment and Reward: From Hedonic Pleasure to Eudaimonic Listening
Reybrouck, Mark; Eerola, Tuomas
Abstract
This article is a hypothesis and theory paper. It elaborates on the possible relation between music as a stimulus and its possible effects, with a focus on the question of why listeners are experiencing pleasure and reward. Though it is tempting to seek for a causal relationship, this has proven to be elusive given the many intermediary variables that intervene between the actual impingement on the senses and the reactions/responses by the listener. A distinction can be made, however, between three elements: (i) an objective description of the acoustic features of the music and their possible role as elicitors; (ii) a description of the possible modulating factors—both external/exogenous and internal/endogenous ones; and (iii) a continuous and real-time description of the responses by the listener, both in terms of their psychological reactions and their physiological correlates. Music listening, in this broadened view, can be considered as a multivariate phenomenon of biological, psychological, and cultural factors that, together, shape the overall, full-fledged experience. In addition to an overview of the current and extant research on musical enjoyment and reward, we draw attention to some key methodological problems that still complicate a full description of the musical experience. We further elaborate on how listening may entail both adaptive and maladaptive ways of coping with the sounds, with the former allowing a gentle transition from mere hedonic pleasure to eudaimonic enjoyment.
Citation
Reybrouck, M., & Eerola, T. (2022). Musical Enjoyment and Reward: From Hedonic Pleasure to Eudaimonic Listening. Behavioral Sciences, 12(5), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12050154
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 17, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | May 19, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | Jul 18, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 18, 2022 |
Journal | Behavioral Sciences |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | 154 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12050154 |
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