Music-induced emotion as controlled hallucination: an active interoceptive inference account.
Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Chen-Gia Tsai
Music is widely recognized as a powerful elicitor of embodied emotion, yet the precise mechanisms by which auditory patterns are translated into specific bodily feelings remain underspecified. Existing models of contagion and entrainment often lack granular mappings between musical features and distinct interoceptive states. This article proposes a novel theoretical framework viewing musical...