Neural mechanisms of the influence of popularity on adolescent ratings of music

Citation: Gregory S. Berns, Monica Capra, Sara Moore, Charles Noussair (2009/10/29) Neural mechanisms of the influence of popularity on adolescent ratings of music. NeuroImage (RSS)
DOI (original publisher): 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.10.070
Semantic Scholar (metadata): 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.10.070
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Tagged: fmri (RSS), music (RSS), popularity (RSS)

Summary

Adolescents studied under fMRI report like of songs, when provided with popularity information about songs and without popularity information. Reported like correlated with popularity information when present. Like correlated with stimulation of region associated with reward-driven actions, while changing like of a song was positively correlated with activation in regions associated with physiological arousal and negative affective states. Sensitivity to popularity linked to lower activation in regions that suggest a lower depth of musical semantic processing. Results suggest that anxiety about having different likes than others is a driver for taste conformity.