GSR and breathing amplitude related to emotional reactions to music

Abstract

A variety of musical selections was presented to 19 Ss while GSR and respiratory reactions were simultaneously recorded. Ss rated the stimuli in terms of their affective and effective reactions to the music immediately after the presentation of each selection. The results indicated that the GSR was not related to affective reactions to music and was related to effective reactivity only when measures of extroversion-introversion were included. Breathing amplitude was found to be significantly correlated with affective and effective reactivity to the music. It was concluded that this latter measure seemed more promising in this type of research. © 1969, Psychonomic Journals, Inc.. All rights reserved.