Predictive Processes and the Peculiar Case of Music

Koelsch, Stefan; Vuust, Peter; Friston, Karl J.

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2018.10.006

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“…Accordingly, the prolonged perception of picture identity as it is slowly going out of focus (Bruner and Potter, 1964) could be equivalent to the persistence of meter perception as a rhythm gradually becomes more and more ambiguous. Such similarities would be in line with the predictive nature of perceptual processing and the importance of endogenous information (such as prior knowledge and expectations) in shaping the processing of sensory signals across domains Koelsch et al, 2019).…”

Section: Dissociation Between Selective Enhancement Of Meter Frequencmentioning

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Hysteresis in the selective synchronization of brain activity to musical rhythm

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Varlet

et al. 2019

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words: 236 Manuscript words: 9488 Significance statementWhen listening to musical rhythm, people tend to spontaneously perceive and move along with a periodic pulse-like meter. Moreover, perception and entrainment to the meter seem to show remarkable stability in the face of dynamically changing rhythmic structure of music. Here we show that this is supported by a selective synchronization of brain activity at meter frequencies. This selective neural synchronization persists longer when a nonrepeating sequence gradually transforms from a regular to an ambiguous rhythm compared to the opposite. This asymmetric context effect suggests that the brain processes rhythm based on a flexible combination of sensory and endogenous information. Such continuously updated neural emphasis on meter periodicities might therefore guide robust perceptual organization of a dynamic rhythmic input.

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Section: Dissociation Between Selective Enhancement Of Meter Frequencmentioning

confidence: 74%

Hysteresis in the selective synchronization of brain activity to musical rhythm

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Varlet

et al. 2019

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“…Attenuation of responses to expected events, and enhancement of responses to unexpected events suggests that first order predictions (cf. (Koelsch et al, 2019), rather than changes in sensory gain, underlie the effects of beat-based expectations on perception, similar to the effects of memory-based expectations. However, off the beat, we also found smaller P1 responses to events in periodic than aperiodic sequences, in line with resource withdrawal and smaller responses off the beat in the presence of an underlying periodic beat, as proposed by DAT.…”

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Beat-based and memory-based temporal expectations in rhythm: similar perceptual effects, different underlying mechanisms

Bouwer

Honing

Slagter

2019

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Predicting the timing of incoming information allows the brain to optimize information processing in dynamic environments. Behaviorally, temporal expectations have been shown to facilitate processing of events at expected time points, such as sounds that coincide with the beat in musical rhythm. Yet, temporal expectations can develop based on different forms of structure in the environment, not just the regularity afforded by a musical beat. Little is still known about how different types of temporal expectations are neurally implemented and affect performance. Here, we orthogonally manipulated the periodicity and predictability of rhythmic sequences to examine the mechanisms underlying beat-based and memory-based temporal expectations, respectively. Behaviorally and using EEG, we looked at the effects of beat-based and memory-based expectations on auditory processing when rhythms were task relevant or task irrelevant. At expected time points, both beat-based and memory-based expectations facilitated target detection and led to attenuation of P1 and N1 responses, even when expectations were task-irrelevant (unattended). For beat-based expectations, we additionally found reduced target detection and enhanced N1 responses for events at unexpected time points (e.g., off-beat), regardless of the presence of memory-based expectations or task relevance. This latter finding supports the notion that periodicity selectively induces rhythmic fluctuations in neural excitability and furthermore indicates that while beat-based and memory-based expectations may similarly affect auditory processing of expected events, their underlying neural mechanisms may be different.

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“…Nevertheless, the fact that predictive processes are most likely involved calls for an active view of listening, where the brain is constantly forming predictions and testing them to form prediction errors . This active view of perception, a novel interpretation of the classic enactive view by Varela et al ., stands in contrast to the classic, bottom‐up view of the perception‐to‐cognition pathway.…”

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Musical anhedonia and rewards of music listening: current advances and a proposed model

Belfi

Loui

2019

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Music frequently elicits intense emotional responses, a phenomenon that has been scrutinized from multiple disciplines that span the sciences and arts. While most people enjoy music and find it rewarding, there is substantial individual variability in the experience and degree of music‐induced reward. Here, we review current work on the neural substrates of hedonic responses to music. In particular, we focus the present review on specific musical anhedonia, a selective lack of pleasure from music. Based on evidence from neuroimaging, neuropsychology, and brain stimulation studies, we derive a neuroanatomical model of the experience of pleasure during music listening. Our model posits that hedonic responses to music are the result of connectivity between structures involved in auditory perception as a predictive process, and those involved in the brain's dopaminergic reward system. We conclude with open questions and implications of this model for future research on why humans appreciate music.

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Predictive Processes and the Peculiar Case of Music

Cited by 379 publications

References 89 publications

Hysteresis in the selective synchronization of brain activity to musical rhythm

Hysteresis in the selective synchronization of brain activity to musical rhythm

Beat-based and memory-based temporal expectations in rhythm: similar perceptual effects, different underlying mechanisms

Musical anhedonia and rewards of music listening: current advances and a proposed model

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