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View article: Abstract representations underlie rhythm perception and production: Evidence from a probabilistic model of temporal structure
Abstract representations underlie rhythm perception and production: Evidence from a probabilistic model of temporal structure Open
Rhythm, such as in music, contains structure in the form of rhythmic patterns: the more or less predictable successions of longer and shorter intervals (i.e., the "morse code" of the rhythm). Listeners can use rhythmic patterns to predict …
View article: Neural tracking of melodic prediction is pre-attentive
Neural tracking of melodic prediction is pre-attentive Open
Music’s ability to modulate arousal and manipulate emotions relies upon formation and violation of predictions. Music is often used to modulate arousal and mood while individuals focus on other tasks, suggesting that sophisticated musical …
View article: Abstract representations underlie rhythm perception and production: Evidence from a probabilistic model of temporal structure
Abstract representations underlie rhythm perception and production: Evidence from a probabilistic model of temporal structure Open
Rhythm, such as in music, contains structure in the form of rhythmic patterns: the more or less predictable successions of longer and shorter intervals (i.e., the “morse code” of the rhythm). Listeners can use rhythmic patterns to predict …
View article: Author response of: Information and motor constraints shape melodic diversity across cultures. Round#1
Author response of: Information and motor constraints shape melodic diversity across cultures. Round#1 Open
View article: The Effect of Previously Encountered Sensory Information on Neural Representations of Predictability: Evidence from Human EEG
The Effect of Previously Encountered Sensory Information on Neural Representations of Predictability: Evidence from Human EEG Open
Accumulating evidence suggests that the brain continuously monitors the predictability of rapidly evolving sound sequences, even when they are not behaviorally relevant. An increasing body of empirical evidence links sustained tonic M/EEG …
View article: Abstract representations underlie rhythm perception and production: Evidence from a probabilistic model of temporal structure
Abstract representations underlie rhythm perception and production: Evidence from a probabilistic model of temporal structure Open
Rhythm, such as in music, contains structure in the form of rhythmic patterns: the more or less predictable successions of longer and shorter intervals (i.e., the “morse code” of the rhythm). Listeners can use rhythmic patterns to predict …
View article: Discovery, Interruption, and Updating of Auditory Regularities in Memory: Evidence from Low-Frequency Brain Dynamics in Human MEG
Discovery, Interruption, and Updating of Auditory Regularities in Memory: Evidence from Low-Frequency Brain Dynamics in Human MEG Open
During passive listening, the brain maintains a hierarchy of predictive models to monitor the statistics of its surroundings. The automatic discovery of regular patterns has been associated with a gradual increase in sustained tonic M/EEG …
View article: Expectation elicits music-evoked chills
Expectation elicits music-evoked chills Open
Music-evoked chills (MECs) are physiological responses to pleasurable events in music. Existing research on properties of music that elicit MECs has focused on low-level acoustic features in small samples of music. We created a large datas…
View article: Code and data for "Information and motor constraints shape melodic diversity across cultures"
Code and data for "Information and motor constraints shape melodic diversity across cultures" Open
Melody data and code used for analysis and creating figures for "Information and motor constraints shape melodic diversity across cultures".
View article: The association between liking, learning and creativity in music
The association between liking, learning and creativity in music Open
Aesthetic preference is intricately linked to learning and creativity. Previous studies have largely examined the perception of novelty in terms of pleasantness and the generation of novelty via creativity separately. The current study exa…
View article: The Billboard Melodic Music Dataset (BiMMuDa)
The Billboard Melodic Music Dataset (BiMMuDa) Open
We introduce the Billboard Melodic Music Dataset (BiMMuDa), which contains the lead vocal melodies of the top five songs of each year from 1950 to 2022 according to the Billboard year-end singles charts. In this article, the dataset’s comp…
View article: Spatiotemporal whole-brain activity and functional connectivity of melodies recognition
Spatiotemporal whole-brain activity and functional connectivity of melodies recognition Open
Music is a non-verbal human language, built on logical, hierarchical structures, that offers excellent opportunities to explore how the brain processes complex spatiotemporal auditory sequences. Using the high temporal resolution of magnet…
View article: Trajectories and revolutions in popular melody based on U.S. charts from 1950 to 2023
Trajectories and revolutions in popular melody based on U.S. charts from 1950 to 2023 Open
View article: Auditory imagery ability influences accuracy when singing with altered auditory feedback
Auditory imagery ability influences accuracy when singing with altered auditory feedback Open
In this preliminary study, we explored the relationship between auditory imagery ability and the maintenance of tonal and temporal accuracy when singing and audiating with altered auditory feedback (AAF). Actively performing participants s…
View article: Perceptual representations mediate effects of stimulus properties on liking for music
Perceptual representations mediate effects of stimulus properties on liking for music Open
Perceptual pleasure and its concomitant hedonic value play an essential role in everyday life, motivating behavior and thus influencing how individuals choose to spend their time and resources. However, how pleasure arises from perception …
View article: Cognitive and sensory expectations independently shape musical expectancy and pleasure
Cognitive and sensory expectations independently shape musical expectancy and pleasure Open
Expectation is crucial for our enjoyment of music, yet the underlying generative mechanisms remain unclear. While sensory models derive predictions based on local acoustic information in the auditory signal, cognitive models assume abstrac…
View article: Auditory and reward structures reflect the pleasure of musical expectancies during naturalistic listening
Auditory and reward structures reflect the pleasure of musical expectancies during naturalistic listening Open
Enjoying music consistently engages key structures of the neural auditory and reward systems such as the right superior temporal gyrus (R STG) and ventral striatum (VS). Expectations seem to play a central role in this effect, as preferenc…
View article: Probabilistic modelling of microtiming perception
Probabilistic modelling of microtiming perception Open
Music performances are rich in systematic temporal irregularities called "microtiming", too fine-grained to be notated in a musical score but important for musical expression and communication. Several studies have examined listeners' pref…
View article: Worlds apart? Testing the cultural distance hypothesis in music perception of Chinese and Western listeners
Worlds apart? Testing the cultural distance hypothesis in music perception of Chinese and Western listeners Open
View article: Implicit auditory memory in older listeners: from encoding to 6-month retention
Implicit auditory memory in older listeners: from encoding to 6-month retention Open
Any listening task, from sound recognition to sound-based communication, rests on auditory memory which is known to decline in healthy ageing. However, how this decline maps onto multiple components and stages of auditory memory remains po…
View article: Implicit auditory memory in older listeners: From encoding to 6-month retention
Implicit auditory memory in older listeners: From encoding to 6-month retention Open
View article: Probabilistic modelling of microtiming perception
Probabilistic modelling of microtiming perception Open
Music performances are rich in systematic temporal irregularities called "microtiming", too fine-grained to be notated in a musical score but important for musical expression and communication. Several studies have examined listeners' pref…
View article: Probabilistic modelling of microtiming perception
Probabilistic modelling of microtiming perception Open
Music performances are rich in systematic temporal irregularities called "microtiming", too fine-grained to be notated in a musical score but important for musical expression and communication. Several studies have examined listeners' pref…
View article: Musicians show more integrated neural processing of contextually relevant acoustic features
Musicians show more integrated neural processing of contextually relevant acoustic features Open
Little is known about expertise-related plasticity of neural mechanisms for auditory feature integration. Here, we contrast two diverging hypotheses that musical expertise is associated with more independent or more integrated predictive p…
View article: Modeling enculturated bias in entrainment to rhythmic patterns
Modeling enculturated bias in entrainment to rhythmic patterns Open
Long-term and culture-specific experience of music shapes rhythm perception, leading to enculturated expectations that make certain rhythms easier to track and more conducive to synchronized movement. However, the influence of enculturated…
View article: Comparing Musicians and Non-musicians’ Expectations in Music and Vision
Comparing Musicians and Non-musicians’ Expectations in Music and Vision Open
The role of expectation in music has been of research interest for decades. Expectation mechanisms have also received considerable attention in vision, due in part to the widespread interest in predictive coding. Past research has uncovere…
View article: Worlds apart? Testing the cultural distance hypothesis in music perception - Running head: Perceived cultural distance in music
Worlds apart? Testing the cultural distance hypothesis in music perception - Running head: Perceived cultural distance in music Open
According to the cultural distance hypothesis (CDH), individuals learn culture-specific statistics in music as internal models and use these models in predictive processing of music, with cultures statistically closer to their home culture…
View article: Worlds apart? Testing the cultural distance hypothesis in music perception - Running head: Perceived cultural distance in music
Worlds apart? Testing the cultural distance hypothesis in music perception - Running head: Perceived cultural distance in music Open
According to the cultural distance hypothesis (CDH), individuals learn culture-specific statistics in music as internal models and use these models in predictive processing of music, with cultures statistically closer to their home culture…
View article: Worlds Apart? Testing the Cultural Distance Hypothesis in Music Perceptionrunning Head: Perceived Cultural Distance in Music
Worlds Apart? Testing the Cultural Distance Hypothesis in Music Perceptionrunning Head: Perceived Cultural Distance in Music Open
View article: Chills in music: A systematic review.
Chills in music: A systematic review. Open
©American Psychological Association, 2021. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10…