Revealed more than two millennia ago by Pythagoras, consonance and dissonance (C/D)
are foundational concepts in music theory, perception, and aesthetics. The search for the …

Is it true that we learn better what we like? Current neuroaesthetic and neurocomputational
models of aesthetic appreciation postulate the existence of a correlation between aesthetic …

This study tested whether chords that do not differ in acoustic roughness but that have
distinct affective connotations are strong enough to prime negative and positive associations …

The question of simultaneous consonance and dissonance—the relative agreeableness/
stability vs. disagreeableness/instability of pitch combinations—has received a substantial …

There is debate whether the foundations of consonance and dissonance are rooted in
culture or in psychoacoustics. In order to disentangle the contribution of culture and …

Mismatch negativity (MMN) studies were initiated as part of a well-controlled experimental
research tradition with the aim to identify some key principles of auditory processing and …

Introduction Musical roundness perception relies on consonance/dissonance within a rule-
based harmonic context, but also on individual characteristics of the listener. The present …

The perception of two (or more) simultaneous musical notes, depending on their pitch
interval (s), could be broadly categorized as consonant or dissonant. Previous literature has …

Our research project investigated the effect of background and stimuli factors on the relative
salience of chord-type and chord-voicing changes. Earlier studies have shown that surface …

A fascinating interdisciplinary approach to how everyday Western music works, and why the
tones, melodies, and chords combine as they do. Despite the cultural diversity of our …