How is it that humans are able to organize seemingly random sounds into the captivating
sonic structures we call music? In this volume, Lawrence M. Zbikowski argues that humans' …

This study examines how the mind's predictive mechanisms contribute to the perception of
cadential closure during music listening. Using the Information Dynamics of Music model (or …

This study explores the underlying mechanisms responsible for the perception of cadential
closure in Mozart's keyboard sonatas. Previous investigations into the experience of closure …

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

This study tests the respective roles of pitch-class content and bass patterns within harmonic
expectation using a mix of behavioral and computational experiments. In our first two …

Putting forward an extensive new argument for a humanities-based approach to big-data
analysis, The Music in the Data shows how large datasets of music, or music corpora, can …

This article examines the analytical nuances of the imperfect authentic cadence (IAC).
Whereas the cadential hierarchy currently in use in most North American textbooks suggests …

Cognitive accounts for the formation of expectations during music listening have largely
centered around mental representations of scales using both melodic and harmonic stimuli …

How do we know when a passage of music is coming to an end? According to scholars in
the learning sciences, much of what we understand about the conventionalized ending …

Con el fin de identificar similitudes y divergencias en la estrategia musical empleada por
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump y Joe Biden, este estudio parte de la observación de 160 …