Music and states of consciousness: A narrative review of the broader significance of music to understanding absorption, mind wandering and creative thought.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews December 1, 2024 Pedro T Palhares, Madalina I Sas, Óscar F. Gonçalves
Due to music's extraordinary capacity to temporarily alter mental and physical states, the domain of musical experience offers a natural and accessible field of investigation for the study of states of consciousness. However, despite the continued emergence of music-related investigations into conscious experience, their research paradigms remain on the fringes of consciousness research, with...