Generating New Musical Preferences From Multilevel Mapping of Predictions to Reward.

Autor: Kathios N; Department of Psychology, College of Science, Northeastern University., Sachs ME; Center for Science and Society, Columbia University., Zhang E; Department of Music, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University., Ou Y; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University., Loui P; Department of Psychology, College of Science, Northeastern University.; Department of Music, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychological science [Psychol Sci] 2024 Jan; Vol. 35 (1), pp. 34-54. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 29.
DOI: 10.1177/09567976231214185
Abstrakt: Much of what we know and love about music hinges on our ability to make successful predictions, which appears to be an intrinsically rewarding process. Yet the exact process by which learned predictions become pleasurable is unclear. Here we created novel melodies in an alternative scale different from any established musical culture to show how musical preference is generated de novo. Across nine studies ( n = 1,185), adult participants learned to like more frequently presented items that adhered to this rapidly learned structure, suggesting that exposure and prediction errors both affected self-report liking ratings. Learning trajectories varied by music-reward sensitivity but were similar for U.S. and Chinese participants. Furthermore, functional MRI activity in auditory areas reflected prediction errors, whereas functional connectivity between auditory and medial prefrontal regions reflected both exposure and prediction errors. Collectively, results support predictive coding as a cognitive mechanism by which new musical sounds become rewarding.
Databáze: MEDLINE