Reduced prediction error responses in high-as compared to low-uncertainty musical contexts

Quiroga-Martinez, David Ricardo; Hansen, Niels Chr.; Højlund, Andreas; Pearce, Marcus T.; Brattico, Elvira; Vuust, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2019.06.010

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“…In the present work, we show that the reduction of prediction error responses by predictive uncertainty (Quiroga-Martinez et al, 2019) is also found in musically trained participants. This indicates that the effect is robust and is present across listeners with different degrees of musical expertise.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…For a more detailed description of the methods, please see Quiroga-Martinez et al, (2019). The data, code and materials necessary to reproduce these experiments and results are openly available at: http://bit.ly/music_entropy_MMN 2.1.…”

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“…Note that the case of the slide deviant is somewhat particular since the peak MMNm response occurred later than expected, whereas the effect of entropy was restricted to an earlier time window. For greater detail and an interpretation of this result, see Quiroga-Martinez et al (2019). The volumes for each feature and condition, as well as the volumes for the entropy effect, were submitted to a one-sample t-test to reveal the sources consistently identified across all participants.…”

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“…The non-musicians' group is the same as the one reported in Quiroga-Martinez et al (2019). Musical expertise was measured with the GMSI musical training subscale which yielded significantly higher scores for musicians than for non-musicians (t = 13.14, p < .001).…”

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“…In this study, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) and behavioral measures to test this hypothesis, employing the same stimuli and experimental designs as in Quiroga-Martinez et al (2019). To this purpose, we compared a group of musicians with the group of non-musicians reported in the previous study.…”

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Musical prediction error responses similarly reduced by predictive uncertainty in musicians and non-musicians

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Auditory prediction error responses elicited by surprising sounds can be reliably recorded with musical stimuli that are more complex and realistic than those typically employed in EEG or MEG oddball paradigms. However, these responses are reduced as the predictive uncertainty of the stimuli increases. In this study, we investigate whether this effect is modulated by musical expertise. Magnetic mismatch negativity (MMNm) responses were recorded from 26 musicians and 24 non-musicians while they listened to low-and high-uncertainty melodic sequences in a musical multi-feature paradigm that included pitch, slide, intensity, and timbre deviants. When compared to non-musicians, musically trained participants had significantly larger pitch and slide MMNm responses. However, both groups showed comparable reductions of pitch and slide MMNm amplitudes in the high-uncertainty condition compared to the lowuncertainty condition. In a separate, behavioral deviance detection experiment, musicians were more accurate and confident about their responses than non-musicians, but deviance detection in both groups was similarly affected by the uncertainty of the melodies. In both experiments, the interaction between uncertainty and expertise was not significant, suggesting that the effect is comparable in both groups. Consequently, our results replicate the modulatory effect of predictive uncertainty on prediction error; show that it is present across different types of listeners; and suggest that expertise-related and stimulus-driven modulations of predictive precision are dissociable and independent.

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Individuals With Autism Have No Detectable Deficit in Neural Markers of Prediction Error When Presented With Auditory Rhythms of Varied Temporal Complexity

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The brain's ability to encode temporal patterns and predict upcoming events is critical for speech perception and other aspects of social communication. Deficits in predictive coding may contribute to difficulties with social communication and overreliance on repetitive predictable environments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Using a mismatch negativity (MMN) task involving rhythmic tone sequences of varying complexity, we tested the hypotheses that (1) individuals with ASD have reduced MMN response to auditory stimuli that deviate in presentation timing from expected patterns, particularly as pattern complexity increases and (2) amplitude of MMN signal is inversely correlated with level of impairment in social communication and repetitive behaviors. Electroencephalography was acquired as individuals (age 6-21 years) listened to repeated five-rhythm tones that varied in the Shannon entropy of the rhythm across three conditions (zero, medium-1 bit, and high-2 bit entropy). The majority of the tones conformed to the established rhythm (standard tones); occasionally the fourth tone was temporally shifted relative to its expected time of occurrence (deviant tones). Social communication and repetitive behaviors were measured using the Social Responsiveness Scale and Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised. Both neurotypical controls (n = 19) and individuals with ASD (n = 21) show stepwise decreases in MMN as a function of increasing entropy. Contrary to the result forecasted by a predictive coding hypothesis, individuals with ASD do not differ from controls in these neural mechanisms of prediction error to auditory rhythms of varied temporal complexity, and there is no relationship between these signals and social communication or repetitive behavior measures.

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Musicianship and melodic predictability enhance neural gain in auditory cortex during pitch deviance detection

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Reduced prediction error responses in high-as compared to low-uncertainty musical contexts

Cited by 47 publications

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Musical prediction error responses similarly reduced by predictive uncertainty in musicians and non-musicians

Musical prediction error responses similarly reduced by predictive uncertainty in musicians and non-musicians

Individuals With Autism Have No Detectable Deficit in Neural Markers of Prediction Error When Presented With Auditory Rhythms of Varied Temporal Complexity

Musicianship and melodic predictability enhance neural gain in auditory cortex during pitch deviance detection

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