Figure 1.
Study design. The study consisted of 60 trials (20 happy, 20 sad, 20 neutral) inside the MR scanner. Each trial consisted of a musical excerpt of 12 s duration, followed a visual analog scale depicted on the screen in front of the participant for 6 s while participants indicated their emotion intensity ratings by using an MR-compatible scroll-ball mouse. After the rating there were approximately 2 s silence before the next trial began.