“…Spreading activation models (SAMs) are inspired by neuroarchitecture and brain function, and are used to explain a wide range of memory and cognition processes, such as solving problems and making (human-like) errors and corrections (Danner & Thøgersen, 2022; Mak et al, 2021; Pace-Sigge, 2018; Siew, 2022; Völker, 2021; Wang et al, 1988; Werner et al, 2018). SAMs have been used to provide mechanistic explanations of the cognitive processing of music, such as the organization of chord progressions (Bharucha & Stoeckig, 1987), links from pieces of music being brought to mind as a result of hearing another (Faubion-Trejo & Mantell, 2022, p. 305), affective responses to music (Schubert et al, 2014; Völker, 2022), and the creative process (Duch, 2007; Gabora & Ranjan, 2013; Schubert, 2012, 2021).…”