Breaking (musical) boundaries by investigating brain dynamics of event segmentation during real-life music-listening.

ABSTRACT: The perception of musical phrase boundaries is a critical aspect of human musical experience: It allows us to organize, understand, derive pleasure from, and remember music. Identifying boundaries is a prerequisite for segmenting music into meaningful chunks, facilitating efficient processing and storage while providing an enjoyable, fulfilling listening experience through the anticipation of upcoming musical events. Expanding on Sridharan et al.'s [Neuron 55, 521-532 (2007)] work on coarse musical boundaries between symphonic movements, we examined finer-grained boundaries. We measured the fMRI responses of 18 musicians and 18 nonmusicians during music listening. Using general linear model, independent component analysis, and Granger causality, we observed heightened auditor

SUBMITTER: Burunat I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11388323 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature