Music and the emotions: Reading answers

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Answers 27–40

1. 27

   dopamine Note completion

2. 28

   pleasure Note completion

3. 29

   caudate Note completion

4. 30

   anticipatory phase Note completion

5. 31

   food Note completion

6. 32

   What point does the writer emphasise in the first paragraph?

   B: how intense our physical responses to music can be Multiple choice

7. 33

   What view of the Montreal study does the writer express in the second paragraph?

   C: it produced some remarkably precise data. Multiple choice

8. 34

   What does the writer find interesting about the results of the Montreal study?

   A: the timing of participants' neural responses to the music Multiple choice

9. 35

   Why does the writer refer to Meyer's work on music and emotion?

   B: to offer support for the findings of the Montreal study Multiple choice

10. 36

    According to Leonard Meyer, what causes the listener's emotional response to music?

    D: the internal structure of the musical composition Multiple choice

11. 37

    The Montreal researchers discovered that

    F: neuron activity increases prior to key points in a musical piece. Matching sentence endings

12. 38

    Many studies have demonstrated that

    B: neuron activity decreases if outcomes become predictable. Matching sentence endings

13. 39

    Meyer's analysis of Beethoven's music shows that

    E: emotive music delays giving listeners what they expect to hear. Matching sentence endings

14. 40

    Earlier theories of music suggested that

    C: emotive music can bring to mind actual pictures and events. Matching sentence endings

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