Neural correlates of aesthetic tragedy: evidence for enhanced semantic processing and cognitive control in response to tragic versus joyful music.

Front Psychol · 2025 · PMC12632188 · PMID 41280175

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For “external oppression or challenge,” 28 out of 58 tragic descriptions met the consensus criterion, compared to 0 out of 59 joyful descriptions, yielding a highly significant association ( p = 3.68 × 10 −11 ).

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