Emotional and Neurohumoral Responses to Dancing Tango Argentino: The Effects of Music and Partner

Authors

  • Cynthia Quiroga MSc
  • Stephan Bongard PhD
  • Gunter Kreutz PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v1i1.278

Abstract

The present study examines the emotional and hormonal responses to tango dancing and the specific influences of the presence of music and partner on these responses. Twenty-two tango dancers were assessed within four conditions, in which the presence of music and a dance partner while dancing were varied in a 2

Author Biographies

Cynthia Quiroga, MSc

Cynthia Quiroga Murcia is a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology, Unit for Individual Differences & Psychological Assessment, at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.

Stephan Bongard, PhD

Stephan Bongard is a professor in the Department of Psychol- ogy, Unit for Individual Differences & Psychological Assess- ment, at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.

Gunter Kreutz, PhD

Gunter Kreutz is a professor of systematic musicology at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009)

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