en Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Original Original <p> <strong>Introduction:</strong> Music can elicit powerful emotional responses, the neural correlates of which have not been properly understood. An important aspect about the quality of any musical piece is its ability to elicit a sense of excitement in the listeners. In this study, we investigated the neural correlates of boredom evoked by music in human subjects. </p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> We used EEG recording in nine subjects while they were listening to total number of 10 short-length (83 sec) musical pieces with various boredom indices. Subjects evaluated boringness of musical pieces while their EEG was recording. </p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Using short time Fourier analysis, we found that beta2 rhythm was (16-20 Hz) significantly lower whenever the subjects rated the music as boring in comparison to nonboring. </p><p></p><p> <strong>Discussion:</strong> The results demonstrate that the music modulates neural activity of various partsof the brain and can be measured using EEG. </p> Music, Emotion, Boredom, EEG, Brain Rhythms 259 266 http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-537-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ashkan Fakhr Tabatabaie ashkantbt@gmail.com 1370031947532846005429 1370031947532846005429 No Department of Music, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Azadehfar azadehfar@art.ac.ir 1370031947532846005430 1370031947532846005430 No Deportment of Music, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran Negin Mirian negin.mir24@gmail.com 1370031947532846005431 1370031947532846005431 No Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran Maryam Noroozian noroozianmaryam@yahoo.com 1370031947532846005432 1370031947532846005432 No Memory and behavioral neurology department, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran 2) Memory and behavioral neurology department, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Ahmad Yoonessi ayoonessi@gmail.com 1370031947532846005433 1370031947532846005433 No McGill Vision Research, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Ali Yoonessi yoonessi@gmail.com 1370031947532846005434 1370031947532846005434 Yes School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2) Brain Mapping Lab, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran