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Auditory Expectation: The Information Dynamics of Music Perception and Cognition
Author(s) -
Pearce Marcus T.,
Wiggins Geraint A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
topics in cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.191
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1756-8765
pISSN - 1756-8757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01214.x
Subject(s) - music psychology , cognitive science , musicology , phenomenon , dynamics (music) , creativity , cognition , psychology , perception , cognitive neuroscience , cognitive psychology , music perception , music and emotion , range (aeronautics) , music theory , music history , epistemology , musical , music education , social psychology , neuroscience , philosophy , art , pedagogy , materials science , visual arts , composite material
Following in a psychological and musicological tradition beginning with Leonard Meyer, and continuing through David Huron, we present a functional, cognitive account of the phenomenon of expectation in music, grounded in computational, probabilistic modeling. We summarize a range of evidence for this approach, from psychology, neuroscience, musicology, linguistics, and creativity studies, and argue that simulating expectation is an important part of understanding a broad range of human faculties, in music and beyond.