RT @jokavuos: What does the enjoyment of sad music have to do with compassion? David Huron and I have a new account of the 'sadness paradox…
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@discosdejazz @fervordelsur Pasar por aquí (y aprovechar toda la bibliografía citada si es necesario) https://t.co/KowRIF8qSp
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But I am intrigued by recent psychological theories, such as this one by Huron and Vuokoski. Their idea is something like the following: drawing on older theories of emotions (e.g., Darwin, Dawkins & Krebs) emotions are signals. 4/ https://t.co/WlWm5d
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"individuals who most enjoy sad musical portrayals experience a pleasurable prosocial affect (compassion), amplified by empathetic engagement (fantasy), while experiencing only nominal levels of unpleasant emotional contagion (commiseration)." https://t.co