Harmonic cadences are chord progressions that play an important structural role in Western
classical music–they demarcate musical phrases and contribute to the tonality. This study …

While theoretical and empirical insights suggest that the capacity to represent and process
complex syntax is crucial in language as well as other domains, it is still unclear whether …

Linguistic research showed that the depth of syntactic embedding is reflected in brain theta
power. Here, we test whether this also extends to non-linguistic stimuli, specifically music …

Studies examining the formation of melodic and harmonic expectations during music
listening have repeatedly demonstrated that a tonal context primes listeners to expect …

Humans make predictions about future events in many domains, including when they listen
to music. Previous accounts of harmonic expectation in music have emphasised the role of …

The human ability to perceive and understand music is remarkable. From an unstructured
stream of acoustic input it creates a wide range of experiences, from psycho-acoustic effects …

Background Melodic expectations were manipulated to investigate the nature of tonally
incongruent melodic final notes that may elicit humor in listeners. To our knowledge, this is …

Sažetak A well agreed discourse in music perception research is that affective response can
be generated by music when a tendency in the music is delayed or inhibited. There is a …

As a universal expression of human creativity, music is capable of conveying great subtlety
and complexity. Crucially, this complexity is not encoded in the score or in the sounds, but is …

Every music theorist has their own personal reasons for engaging in the craft of theorizing
about music. Many discover that there is something special about a theoretic disposition …