TY - JOUR
T1 - Music and language perception : expectations, structural integration, and cognitive sequencing
AU - Tillmann, Barbara
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Music can be described as sequences of events that are structured in pitch and time. Studying music processing provides insight into how complex event sequences are learned, perceived, and represented by the brain. Given the temporal nature of sound, expectations, structural integration, and cognitive sequencing are central in music perception (i.e., which sounds are most likely to come next and at what moment should they occur?). This paper focuses on similarities in music and language cognition research, showing that music cognition research provides insight into the understanding of not only music processing but also language processing and the processing of other structured stimuli. The hypothesis of shared resources between music and language processing and of domain-general dynamic attention has motivated the development of research to test music as a means to stimulate sensory, cognitive, and motor processes.
AB - Music can be described as sequences of events that are structured in pitch and time. Studying music processing provides insight into how complex event sequences are learned, perceived, and represented by the brain. Given the temporal nature of sound, expectations, structural integration, and cognitive sequencing are central in music perception (i.e., which sounds are most likely to come next and at what moment should they occur?). This paper focuses on similarities in music and language cognition research, showing that music cognition research provides insight into the understanding of not only music processing but also language processing and the processing of other structured stimuli. The hypothesis of shared resources between music and language processing and of domain-general dynamic attention has motivated the development of research to test music as a means to stimulate sensory, cognitive, and motor processes.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/550143
U2 - 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01209.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01209.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1756-8757
VL - 4
SP - 568
EP - 584
JO - Topics in Cognitive Science
JF - Topics in Cognitive Science
IS - 4
ER -