Preferred musical attribute dimensions underlie individual differences in music-induced analgesia

Krzysztof Basiński, Agata Zdun-Ryżewska, David M Greenberg, Mikołaj Majkowicz, Krzysztof Basiński, Agata Zdun-Ryżewska, David M Greenberg, Mikołaj Majkowicz

Abstract

Music-induced analgesia (MIA) is a phenomenon that describes a situation in which listening to music influences pain perception. The heterogeneity of music used in MIA studies leads to a problem of a specific effect for an unspecified stimulus. To address this, we use a previously established model of musical preferences that categorizes the multidimensional sonic space of music into three basic dimensions: arousal, valence and depth. Participants entered an experimental pain stimulation while listening to compilations of short musical excerpts characteristic of each of the three attribute dimensions. The results showed an effect on the part of music attribute preferences on average pain, maximal pain, and pain tolerance after controlling for musical attributes and order effects. This suggests that individual preferences for music attributes play a significant role in MIA and that, in clinical contexts, music should not be chosen arbitrarily but according to individual preferences.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Pain outcomes as a function of music preference. Each data point represents one trial by one participant. Outcomes are reported as differences between one of three music conditions and the control condition. A value of 0 indicates no change from control. Random jitter was applied to all data points to facilitate the visualization of overlapping points. Presented outcomes are (a) average pain, (b) maximal pain, (c) pain controllability, (d) pain threshold, and (e) pain tolerance.

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