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Imagery Mismatch Negativity in Musicians
Author(s) -
Herholz Sibylle C.,
Lappe Claudia,
Knief Arne,
Pantev Christo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04782.x
Subject(s) - mismatch negativity , melody , magnetoencephalography , psychology , tone (literature) , sensory memory , trace (psycholinguistics) , cognitive psychology , engram , mental image , musical , electroencephalography , linguistics , cognition , neuroscience , art , philosophy , visual arts
The present study investigated musical imagery in musicians and nonmusicians by means of magnetoencephalography (MEG). We used a new paradigm in which subjects had to continue familiar melodies in their mind and then judged if a further presented tone was a correct continuation of the melody. Incorrect tones elicited an imagery mismatch negativity (iMMN) in musicians but not in nonmusicians. This finding suggests that the MMN component can be based on an imagined instead of a sensory memory trace and that imagery of music is modulated by musical expertise.