Cultural background and instrument timbre shape emotional and EEG responses to a familiar Middle Eastern melody in Maqam Saba: a crossover clinical trial with implications for music therapy

Gawaher ElKhatib, Padmakumari Sarada, Sarah Roach, Hanan Saba, Ghizlane Bendriss

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DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1899966
Published: 2026-07-29
Container: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fnhum.2026.1899966,
  title = {Cultural background and instrument timbre shape emotional and EEG responses to a familiar Middle Eastern melody in Maqam Saba: a crossover clinical trial with implications for music therapy},
  author = {Gawaher ElKhatib and Padmakumari Sarada and Sarah Roach and Hanan Saba and Ghizlane Bendriss},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Human Neuroscience},
  doi = {10.3389/fnhum.2026.1899966},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2026.1899966}
}

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ElKhatib, G., Sarada, P., Roach, S., Saba, H., & Bendriss, G. (2026). Cultural background and instrument timbre shape emotional and EEG responses to a familiar Middle Eastern melody in Maqam Saba: a crossover clinical trial with implications for music therapy. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2026.1899966

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