Durham E-Theses A Framework of Distinct Musical Chills: Theoretical, Causal, and Conceptual Evidence BANNISTER, SCOTT,CRAIG How to cite: BANNISTER, SCOTT,CRAIG (2020) A Framework of Distinct Musical Chills: Theoretical, Causal, and Conceptual Evidence, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/13582/ Use policy This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 (CC BY-NC) Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk A Framework of Distinct Musical Chills: Theoretical, Causal, and Conceptual Evidence Scott Bannister Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Music Durham University, September 2019 ABSTRACT The phenomenon of musical chills has attracted extensive attention in previous music and emotion research, correlating the experience with musical structure, psychoacoustics parameters, individual differences in listeners, and the listening situation. However, there are three crucial limitations in the literature: 1) The emotional characteristics of musical chills have not been explored, and are poorly understood; 2) musical chills have never been causally manipulated, and no theories have been tested; and 3) it is unclear whether chills are a unified psychological construct, or a set of distinct experiences, distinguished at the levels of subjective feeling, psychophysiological