Chills experienced in response to music listening have been linked both happiness and sadness expressed by music. To investigate these conflicting effects of valence on chills, we conducted a computational analysis corpus 988 tracks previously reported elicit comparing them with control set matched artist, duration, popularity. We analysed track-level audio features obtained the Spotify Web API...

This study evaluated whether music-induced aesthetic "chill" responses, which typically correspond to peak emotional experiences, can be objectively monitored by degree of pupillary dilation. Participants listened to self-chosen songs versus control songs chosen by other participants. The experiment included an active condition where participants made key presses to indicate when experiencing c...

The neurological spectrum of West Nile virus (WNV) varies from aseptic meningitis to encephalitis ± flaccid paralysis. In endemic areas in summer, WNE should be suspected in patients presenting with mental confusion ± flaccid paralysis. WNV may also present with rash and less commonly, diarrhea. Like other viral illnesses, WNV may be accompanied by fever, chills, headache, and myalgias. Except ...