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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023

Neural mechanisms of musical structure and tonality, and the effect of musicianship.

Lei Jiang, Ruiqing Zhang, Lily Tao, Yuxin Zhang, Yongdi Zhou, Qing Cai

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Lei JiangKey Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM), Affiliated Mental Health Center, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Ruiqing ZhangKey Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM), Affiliated Mental Health Center, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Lily TaoKey Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM), Affiliated Mental Health Center, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Yuxin ZhangShanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China.
Yongdi ZhouSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Qing CaiKey Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM), Affiliated Mental Health Center, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

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Introduction: The neural basis for the processing of musical syntax has previously been examined almost exclusively in classical tonal music, which is characterized by a strictly organized hierarchical structure. Musical syntax may differ in different music genres caused by tonality varieties. Methods: The present study investigated the neural mechanisms for processing musical syntax across genres varying in tonality - classical, impressionist, and atonal music - and, in addition, examined how musicianship modulates such processing. Results: Results showed that, first, the dorsal stream, including the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus and superior temporal gyrus, plays a key role in the perception of tonality. Second, right frontotemporal regions were crucial in allowing musicians to outperform non-musicians in musical syntactic processing; musicians also benefit from a cortical-subcortical network including pallidum and cerebellum, suggesting more auditory-motor interaction in musicians than in non-musicians. Third, left pars triangularis carries out online computations independently of tonality and musicianship, whereas right pars triangularis is sensitive to tonality and partly dependent on musicianship. Finally, unlike tonal music, the processing of atonal music could not be differentiated from that of scrambled notes, both behaviorally and neurally, even among musicians. Discussion: The present study highlights the importance of studying varying music genres and experience levels and provides a better understanding of musical syntax and tonality processing and how such processing is modulated by music experience.

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