Description

• Presents a unified theory of music perception based on statistical learning and probabilistic prediction
• Provides an explanation for the perceptual learning underlying cultural evolution of music
• Explains how adult abilities to perceive and appreciate music develop through cultural experience
• Accounts for developmental trajectories and cross-cultural variance in music perception
• Integrates multiple psychological mechanisms including statistical learning, expectation, memory, auditory scene analysis, similarity perception, complexity, affect and aesthetic experience

Contents

1. 1 Introduction
2. 2 A Computational Model
3. 3 Predictive Processing of Melody
4. 4 Beyond Pitch Expectation: Rhythm and Harmony
5. 5 Emotional and Aesthetic Experience
6. 6 Beyond Expectation
7. 7 Musical Enculturation
8. 8 Musical Training and Expertise
9. 9 Future Perspectives