title: Auditory expectation: the information dynamics of music perception and cognition.
abstract: Following in a psychological and musicological tradition beginning with Leonard Meyer, and continuing through David Huron, we present a functional, cognitive account of the phenomenon of expectation in music, grounded in computational, probabilistic modeling. We summarize a range of evidence for this approach, from psychology, neuroscience, musicology, linguistics, and creativity studies, and argue that simulating expectation is an important part of understanding a broad range of human faculties, in music and beyond.
authors: Centre for Cognition, Computation and Culture, Goldsmiths, University of London Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London, UK. marcus.pearce@eecs.qmul.ac.uk
authors: Marcus T
authors: MT
authors: Pearce
authors: Geraint A
authors: GA
authors: Wiggins
mesh_terms: D059031:Anticipation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003405:Creativity; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009146:Music; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology