Music can arouse extraordinarily strong affective responses, up to ecstatic “chill” experiences defined as “goose bumps” and as “shivers down the spine” (Panksepp, 1998; Sloboda, 1991); even, in some cases, "shitting oneself" (Freeman, 2009).
Since emotional states may change in the course of every piece of
music, it is necessary to measure psychological and bodily reactions continuously. In order to investigate distinct musical events related to chill reactions, we combined psychological and physiological methods in one experiment.
The experiment: See if your cracker ass can hold on to its ironic detachment through five minutes of this video, sent to me by my friend Jolene, who doubtless intended just such a chipping away of useless reserve.
