Recognizing structure in novel tunes: differences between human and rats
Paola Crespo-Bojorque,
Elodie Cauvet,
Christophe Pallier
et al.
Abstract:A central feature in music is the hierarchical organization of its components. Musical pieces are not a simple concatenation of chords, but are characterized by rhythmic and harmonic structures. Here, we explore if sensitivity to music structure might emerge in the absence of any experience with musical stimuli. For this, we tested if rats detect the difference between structured and unstructured musical excerpts and compared their performance with that of humans. Structured melodies were excerpts of Mozart's … Show more
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