AUTHOR=Harrison Luke , Loui Psyche 

TITLE=Thrills, chills, frissons, and skin orgasms: toward an integrative model of transcendent psychophysiological experiences in music

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=5

YEAR=2014

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00790

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00790

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Music has a unique power to elicit moments of intense emotional and psychophysiological response. These moments – termed “chills,” “thrills”, “frissons,” etc. – are subjects of introspection and philosophical debate, as well as scientific study in music perception and cognition. The present article integrates the existing multidisciplinary literature in an attempt to define a comprehensive, testable, and ecologically valid model of transcendent psychophysiological moments in music.</p>